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ἀπορίᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπορίᾱ ἀπορίας

Structure: ἀπορι (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: a)/poros

Sense

  1. (of places) a difficulty in passage
  2. difficulty, impossibility
  3. embarrassment, doubt, uncertainty, anxiety
  4. need, poverty
  5. puzzle

Declension

First declension

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

  • τὸν Ἀρχέδημον νῦν τε ὀρθῶσ ἐποίησασ πέμψασ, καὶ τὸ λοιπόν, ἐπειδὰν ἔλθῃ πρὸσ σὲ καὶ ἀπαγγείλῃ τὰ παρ’ ἐμοῦ, μετὰ ταῦτα ἴσωσ ἄλλαι σε ἀπορίαι λήψονται. (Plato, Epistles, Letter 2 24:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δ’ εἰσὶν ἀπορίαι περὶ ἑκάστην πραγματείαν οἰκεῖαι, δῆλον ὅτι καὶ περὶ βίου τοῦ κρατίστου καὶ ζωῆσ τῆσ ἀρίστησ εἰσίν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 1 24:2)
  • αἱ μὲν οὖν περὶ τὸν ἀκρατῆ καὶ ἐγκρατῆ ἀπορίαι <αὗται> περὶ τοῦ βίᾳ πράττειν ἢ ἀμφοτέρουσ ἢ τὸν ἕτερον, ὥστε ἢ μὴ ἑκόντασ ἢ ἅμα βίᾳ καὶ ἑκόντασ, εἰ δὲ τὸ βίᾳ ἀκούσιον, ἅμα ἑκόντασ καὶ ἄκοντασ πράττειν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 2 144:2)
  • πολλοὶ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὰσ μάχασ αὐτῷ κίνδυνοι συνέπεσον καὶ τραύμασι νεανικοῖσ ἀπήντησε, τὴν δὲ πλείστην φθορὰν ἀπορίαι τῶν ἀναγκαίων καὶ δυσκρασίαι τοῦ περιέχοντοσ ἀπειργάσαντο τῆσ στρατιᾶσ, αὐτὸσ δὲ τόλμῃ τὴν τύχην ὑπερβαλέσθαι καὶ τὴν δύναμιν ἀρετῇ φιλοτιμούμενοσ, οὐδὲν ᾤετο τοῖσ θαρροῦσιν ἀνάλωτον οὐδὲ ὀχυρὸν εἶναι τοῖσ ἀτόλμοισ. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 58 1:1)
  • αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀπορίαι τοιαῦταί τινεσ συμβαίνουσιν, τούτων δὲ τὰ μὲν ἀνελεῖν δεῖ τὰ δὲ καταλιπεῖν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 7 25:4)

Synonyms

  1. a difficulty in passage

  2. difficulty

  3. need

  4. puzzle

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