ἀπορία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. [[ἀπορίη]], ἡ, ([[ἄπορος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[being]] [[ἄπορος]]: hence,<br><span class="bld">I</span> of places, [[difficulty of passing]], X.''An.''5.6.10.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[difficulty]], [[straits]], in sg. and pl., ἐς ἀπορίην πολλὴν [[ἀπιγμένος]], [[ἀπειλημένος]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.79, 2.141; [[ἐν]] ἀπορίῃ or [[ἐν]] ἀποίῃσι [[ἔχεσθαι]], Id.9.98, 4.131, cf. Antipho 5.66; ἀπορίῃσιν ἐνείχετο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.190; ἀπορίην ἐρωτηθέντι παρασχεῖν Hp.''VM''13, cf. Lys.19.1; [[ἀπορια τελέθει]], c. inf., Pi.''N.''7.105, cf. Pl. ''Lg.''788c; εἰς φρέατα καὶ πᾶσαν ἀ. ἐμπίπτων Id.''Tht.''174c: c. gen. rei, ἀ. τοῦ μὴ γινώσκειν Hp.''Morb.Sacr.''1; ἀ. τοῦ μὴ [[ἡσυχάζειν]] [[impossibility]] of keeping [[quiet]], Th.2.49; ἀ. τῆς προσορμίσεως Id.4.10; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι Pl.''Lg.''678d.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[not providing]] a thing, Id.''Men.'' 78e.<br><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[difficulty]] of [[dealing]] [[with]] or [[getting]] at, τῶν Σκυθέων [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.83; τοῦ ἀποκτείναντος Antipho 2.4.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[being at a loss]], [[embarrassment]], [[perplexity]], ἀ. τοῦ δυστυχεῖν E.''Ion''971, cf. Th. 7.44,75, etc.; ἀ. ἐν τῷ λόγῷ συμβᾶσα Aeschin.2.41; [[distress]], [[discomfort]], in illness, Hp.''Epid.''5.42, Aret.''SA''2.5: hence metaph., ὠδίνουσι καὶ ἀπορίας ἐμπίμπλανται [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Theaetetus|Tht.]]''151a.<br><span class="bld">3</span> ἀ. τινός [[lack]] [[of]] a person or thing, σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν Ar.''Ra.''806; [[τροφῆς]], [[χρημάτων]], etc., Th.1.11, 7.48; ἀπώλλυντο . . ἀπορίᾳ τοῦ θεραπεύοντος = for want of one to [[attend]] to them, Id.2.51; ἀ. λόγων Pl.''Ap.''38d; ἀ. πλοίων = [[shortage]] of [[ship]]s, ''CPHerm.''6.10: abs., [[need]], [[poverty]], Th.1.123; ἀ. καὶ πενία And.1.144; opp. [[εὐπορία]], Arist.''Pol.''1279b27: in plural, D. 19.146.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> in Dialectic, [[question for discussion]], [[difficulty]], [[puzzle]], ἀπορίᾳ σχόμενος Pl.''Prt.''321c; ἀ. ἣν ἀπορεῖς ib.324d; ἡ ἀ. ἰσότης ἐναντίων λογισμῶν Arist. ''Top.''145b1, al.; ἔχει ἀπορίαν περί τινος Id.''Pol.''1285b28; αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀ. τοιαῦταί τινες συμβαίνουσιν Id.''EN''1146b6; οὐδεμίαν ποιήσει ἀ. Id.''Metaph.''1085a27; ἀπορίαν [[λύειν]], ἀπορίαν [[διαλύειν]], Id.''MM'' 1201b1, ''Metaph.''1062b31; ἀπορίᾳ ἀπορίαν λύειν D.S.1.37.