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Sophocles, Fragment 698

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ăpŏrĭa: ae, f., = ἀπορἰα,
I doubt, perplexity, embarrassment, with the idea of confusion, disorder: aporia hominis in cogitatu illius, Vulg. Eccli. 27, 5 (in Cic. Att. 7, 21, 3 al., written as Greek).

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ăpŏrĭa, æ, f., embarras, doute : Vulg. Eccli. 27, 5 ; Jer. 1, 5, 4.