dilemma

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

subs.

P. and V. ἀπορία, ἡ.

Be in a dilemma, v.: P. and V. ἀπορεῖν, V. ἀμηχανεῖν (rare P.).

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dĭlemma: ătis, n. (δίλημμα),
I a double proposition, a dilemma; in logic, an argument in which an adversary is pinned between two difficulties, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 675, and 10, 449.