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ἀπορέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπορέω

Structure: ἀπο (Prefix) + ῥέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)/poros

Sense

  1. to be without means or resource
  2. to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled, to be at a loss about, to be at a loss how, hesitation
  3. to be left wanting, left unprovided for
  4. to be at a loss for, in want of
  5. to be at a loss by reason of, by means
  6. to be in want, be poor

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπόρω ἀπόρεις ἀπόρει
Dual ἀπόρειτον ἀπόρειτον
Plural ἀπόρουμεν ἀπόρειτε ἀπόρουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπόρω ἀπόρῃς ἀπόρῃ
Dual ἀπόρητον ἀπόρητον
Plural ἀπόρωμεν ἀπόρητε ἀπόρωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀπόροιμι ἀπόροις ἀπόροι
Dual ἀπόροιτον ἀποροίτην
Plural ἀπόροιμεν ἀπόροιτε ἀπόροιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀπόρει ἀπορεῖτω
Dual ἀπόρειτον ἀπορεῖτων
Plural ἀπόρειτε ἀποροῦντων, ἀπορεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἀπόρειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀπορων ἀπορουντος ἀπορουσα ἀπορουσης ἀπορουν ἀπορουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀπόρουμαι ἀπόρει, ἀπόρῃ ἀπόρειται
Dual ἀπόρεισθον ἀπόρεισθον
Plural ἀποροῦμεθα ἀπόρεισθε ἀπόρουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀπόρωμαι ἀπόρῃ ἀπόρηται
Dual ἀπόρησθον ἀπόρησθον
Plural ἀπορώμεθα ἀπόρησθε ἀπόρωνται
OptativeSingular ἀποροίμην ἀπόροιο ἀπόροιτο
Dual ἀπόροισθον ἀποροίσθην
Plural ἀποροίμεθα ἀπόροισθε ἀπόροιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀπόρου ἀπορεῖσθω
Dual ἀπόρεισθον ἀπορεῖσθων
Plural ἀπόρεισθε ἀπορεῖσθων, ἀπορεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀπόρεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀπορουμενος ἀπορουμενου ἀπορουμενη ἀπορουμενης ἀπορουμενον ἀπορουμενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀγορὰν ἰδεῖν εὐόψον εὐποροῦντι μὲν ἥδιστον, ἂν δ’ ἀπορῇ τισ, ἀθλιώτατον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 392)
  • οἰόμαι δ’ αὐτόν, ὦ ἄνδρεσ δικασταί, ἐπειδὰν τῶν ἄλλων ἀπορῇ, κακῶσ τέ με ἐπιχειρήσειν λέγειν καὶ διαβάλλειν πειράσεσθαι, διεξιόνθ’ ὡσ ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ ἐτράφην καὶ ἐπαιδεύθην καὶ ἔγημα ἐν τῇ τοῦ πατρὸσ οἰκίᾳ, αὐτὸσ δὲ οὐδενὸσ τούτων μετέσχεν. (Demosthenes, Speeches 31-40, 61:1)
  • ὀλέθρια δὲ τὰ ἕλκεα, ἢν πρὸσ τοῖσι ἄλγοσ ὀξύνῃ, καὶ ἡ ἄνθρωποσ ἀπορῇ. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., , 282)
  • ἱερὰ καὶ θεοὺσ οὐ ῥᾴδιον ἱδρύεσθαι, μεγάλησ δὲ διανοίασ τινὸσ ὀρθῶσ δρᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον, ἔθοσ τε γυναιξί τε δὴ διαφερόντωσ πάσαισ καὶ τοῖσ ἀσθενοῦσι πάντῃ καὶ κινδυνεύουσι καὶ ἀποροῦσιν, ὅπῃ τισ ἂν ἀπορῇ, καὶ τοὐναντίον ὅταν εὐπορίασ τινὸσ λάβωνται, καθιεροῦν τε τὸ παρὸν ἀεὶ καὶ θυσίασ εὔχεσθαι καὶ ἱδρύσεισ ὑπισχνεῖσθαι θεοῖσ καὶ δαίμοσιν καὶ παισὶν θεῶν, ἔν τε φάσμασιν ἐγρηγορότασ διὰ φόβουσ καὶ ἐν ὀνείροισ, ὡσ δ’ αὕτωσ ὄψεισ πολλὰσ ἀπομνημονεύοντασ ἑκάσταισί τε αὐτῶν ἄκη ποιουμένουσ, βωμοὺσ καὶ ἱερὰ πάσασ μὲν οἰκίασ, πάσασ δὲ κώμασ ἔν τε καθαροῖσ ἱδρυομένουσ ἐμπιμπλάναι καὶ ὅπῃ τισ ἔτυχε τῶν τοιούτων. (Plato, Laws, book 10 153:2)
  • ἐὰν δέ τίσ τινα νόσοσ ἢ γῆρασ ἢ καὶ τρόπων χαλεπότησ ἢ καὶ σύμπαντα ταῦτα ἔκφρονα ἀπεργάζηται διαφερόντωσ τῶν πολλῶν, καὶ λανθάνῃ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ πλὴν τῶν συνδιαιτωμένων, οἰκοφθορῇ δὲ ὡσ ὢν τῶν αὑτοῦ κύριοσ, ὁ δὲ ὑὸσ ἀπορῇ καὶ ὀκνῇ τὴν τῆσ παρανοίασ γράφεσθαι δίκην, νόμοσ αὐτῷ κείσθω πρῶτον μὲν πρὸσ τοὺσ πρεσβυτάτουσ τῶν νομοφυλάκων ἐλθόντα διηγήσασθαι τὴν τοῦ πατρὸσ συμφοράν, οἱ δὲ κατιδόντεσ ἱκανῶσ συμβουλευόντων ἐάντε δέῃ γράφεσθαι καὶ ἐὰν μὴ τὴν γραφήν, ἐὰν δὲ συμβουλεύσωσιν, γιγνέσθωσαν τῷ γραφομένῳ μάρτυρεσ ἅμα καὶ σύνδικοι· (Plato, Laws, book 11 109:2)

Synonyms

  1. to be left wanting

  2. to be at a loss for

  3. to be in want

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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