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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

  • ταῦτα διαλογιζόμενοσ διενοεῖτό με ἀποστερεῖν τὰ χρήματα καὶ πρὸσ μὲν ἐμὲ προσεποιεῖτο ἀπορεῖν ἐν τῷ παρόντι καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔχειν ἀποδοῦναι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 19 4:5)
  • διενοεῖτό με ἀποστερεῖν τὰ χρήματα καὶ πρὸσ μὲν ἐμὲ προσεποιεῖτο ἀπορεῖν καὶ οὐκ ἂν ἔχειν παρόμοιά τε καὶ παραπλήσια ἀλλήλοισ ἐστίν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Isocrate, chapter 20 1:3)
  • ἔπειτα δὲ κατά μέροσ ἐπισκοπῶν πολὺ μᾶλλον ἀπορεῖν ἠναγκαζόμην τούσ τε γὰρ ἀστέρασ ἑώρων ὡσ ἔτυχε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ διερριμμένουσ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον αὐτὸν τί ποτε ἦν ἄρα ἐπόθουν εἰδέναι· (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 4:4)
  • τὸ δ’ ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸσ κακοῦ. (Euripides, Heracles, episode 3:30)
  • ἵνα μὴ φάσκῃ δ’ ἀπορεῖν με, ἀπόκριναί μοι, τίνοσ οὕνεκα χρὴ θαυμάζειν ἄνδρα ποιητήν; (Aristophanes, Frogs, Agon, Antepirrheme2)

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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