aporia
From LSJ
ἐλαχίστου ἐδέησε διαφθεῖραι → narrowly missed destroying
Latin > English
aporia aporiae N F :: doubt, perplexity; embarrassment, disorder
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ăpŏrĭa: ae, f., = ἀπορία,
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.
Latin > German (Georges)
aporia, ae, Akk. ān, f. (ἀπορία), die Verlegenheit, Ps. Sen. ep. ad Paul. 10. Vulg. Sirach 27, 3. – als rhet. Fig., Charis. 287, 3 (b. Rutil. Lup. 2, 10 u.a. griech.).
