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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

  • οὐδ̓ ἡμεῖσ οὕτω πένητεσ εὐλόγου ἀπολογίασ ὡσ ὑπὸ ἀπορίασ τὰ τοιαῦτα κρησφύγετα πρὸσ τὴν κατηγορίαν ζητεῖν. (Lucian, Apologia 25:1)
  • ἡ πενία δ’ ἴσωσ δύσχρηστον μὲν ἔχει τι καὶ χαλεπόν, κεχώρισται δ’ αἰσχύνησ, ὡσ ἄν, οἶμαι, τῆσ ἀπορίασ ἐπὶ πολλῶν οὐ τρόπου κακίαν ἀλλὰ τύχησ ἀγνωμοσύνην ἐλεγχούσησ. (Demades, On the Twelve Years, 8:1)
  • ὅτε δὴ καὶ ἐθήτευσεν ἐν Θετταλίᾳ παρὰ Ἀδμήτῳ καὶ ἐν Φρυγίᾳ παρὰ Λαομέδοντι, παρὰ τούτῳ μέν γε οὐ μόνοσ ἀλλὰ μετὰ τοῦ Ποσειδῶνοσ, ἀμφότεροι πλινθεύοντεσ ὑπ’ ἀπορίασ καὶ ἐργαζόμενοι τὸ τεῖχοσ· (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 4:2)
  • πρέποι γὰρ ἄν, ὥσπερ οἱ θεοὶ δωτῆρεσ ἐάων εἰσίν, οὕτω δὲ καὶ ὑμῖν τοῖσ φίλοισ καὶ μαθηταῖσ αὐτῶν μετὰ πάσησ ἀληθείασ ἐξηγεῖσθαι περὶ ὧν ἴστε καὶ λύειν ἡμῖν τὰσ ἀπορίασ. (Lucian, 5:2)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ἐπὶ τούτῳ εὐθὺσ ἴδιόν τε καὶ ἠρυθρίων καὶ παντοῖοσ ἦν ὑπὸ ἀπορίασ, οἱ παρόντεσ δὲ οἱ μὲν παραπαίειν, ὡσ τὸ εἰκόσ, οἱ δὲ ληρεῖν ὑφ̓ ἡλικίασ, οἱ δὲ χθεσινῆσ κραιπάλησ ἀνάμεστον ἔτι ᾤοντό με εἶναι, εἰ καὶ ὅτι μάλιστα σὺ ἐπιεικῶσ ἤνεγκασ τὸ γεγονὸσ οὐδ̓ ὅσον ἄκρῳ τῷ μειδιάματι ἐπισημηνάμενοσ τῆσ γλώττησ τὴν διαμαρτίαν. (Lucian, Pro lapsu inter salutandum 1:2)

Synonyms

  1. a difficulty in passage

  2. difficulty

  3. need

  4. puzzle

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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