ἀπορία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. <b class="b3">-ιη</b>, ἡ, (ἄπορος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[being]] <b class="b3">ἄπορος</b>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> of places, <b class="b2">difficulty of passing</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>5.6.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[difficulty]], [[straits]], in sg. and pl., <b class="b3">ἐς ἀπορίην πολλὴν ἀπιγμένος, ἀπειλημένος</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.79</span>, <span class="bibl">2.141</span>; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπορίῃ</b> or <b class="b3">ἐν ἀποίῃσι ἔχεσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.9.98</span>, <span class="bibl">4.131</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.66</span>; ἀπορίῃσιν ἐνείχετο <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.190</span>; ἀπορίην ἐρωτηθέντι παρασχεῖν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span>13</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.19.1</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπορια τελέθει</b>, c. inf., <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">N.</span>7.105</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>788c</span>; εἰς φρέατα καὶ πᾶσαν ἀ. ἐμπίπτων <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tht.</span>174c</span>: c. gen. rei, ἀ. τοῦ μὴ γινώσκειν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.Sacr.</span>1</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν</b> [[impossibility]] of keeping quiet, <span class="bibl">Th.2.49</span>; ἀ. τῆς προσορμίσεως <span class="bibl">Id.4.10</span>; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>678d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">not providing</b> a thing, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Men.</span> 78e</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[difficulty of dealing with]] or <b class="b2">getting at</b>, τῶν Σκυθέων <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.83</span>; τοῦ ἀποκτείναντος <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.4.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">being at a loss, embarrassment, perplexity</b>, ἀ. τοῦ δυστυχεῖν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>971</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Th. 7.44</span>,<span class="bibl">75</span>, etc.; ἀ. ἐν τῷ λόγῷ συμβᾶσα <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.41</span>; [[distress]], [[discomfort]], in illness, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>5.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SA</span>2.5</span>: hence metaph., ὠδίνουσι καὶ ἀπορίας ἐμπίμπλανται <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>151a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἀ. τινός</b> <b class="b2">lack of</b> a person or thing, σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>806</span>; <b class="b3">τροφῆς, χρημάτων</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Th.1.11</span>, <span class="bibl">7.48</span>; <b class="b3">ἀπώλλυντο . . ἀπορίᾳ τοῦ θεραπεύοντος</b> [[for want of one]] to attend to them, <span class="bibl">Id.2.51</span>; ἀ. λόγων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>38d</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. πλοίων</b> [[shortage]] of ships, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPHerm.</span>6.10</span>: abs., [[need]], [[poverty]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.123</span>; ἀ. καὶ πενία <span class="bibl">And.1.144</span>; opp. <b class="b3">εὐπορία</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1279b27</span>: in pl., <span class="bibl">D. 19.146</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> in Dialectic, <b class="b2">question for discussion, difficulty, puzzle</b>, ἀπορίᾳ σχόμενος <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>321c</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. ἣν ἀπορεῖς</b> ib.<span class="bibl">324d</span>; ἡ ἀ. ἰσότης ἐναντίων λογισμῶν <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Top.</span>145b1</span>, al.; ἔχει ἀπορίαν περί τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1285b28</span>; αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀ. τοιαῦταί τινες συμβαίνουσιν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">EN</span>1146b6</span>; οὐδεμίαν ποιήσει ἀ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1085a27</span>; <b class="b3">ἀ. λύειν, διαλύειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">MM</span> 1201b1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Metaph.</span>1062b31</span>; ἀπορίᾳ ἀπορίαν λύειν <span class="bibl">D.S.1.37</span>.</span>