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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

  • "ἐμοὶ δὲ δοκεῖ καθάπερ ὁ Λυδὸσ ἐφ’ αὑτὸν τὸν ἀνοίγειν οὐ θύραν μίαν ἀλλὰ ταῖσ πλείσταισ τῶν ἀποριῶν καὶ μεγίσταισ περιβάλλειν τὸν Ἐπίκουρον. (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 33)
  • διὰ δὲ τὴν ἄλλην δύναμιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀρετὴν καὶ δόξαν οὐ μόνον ἐχρῶντο βασιλεῖ καὶ στρατηγῷ τῶν κατὰ πόλεμον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πολιτικῶν ἀποριῶν ἰατρῷ καὶ διαιτητῇ, τοῖσ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ καταδειλιάσασιν, οὓσ αὐτοὶ τρέσαντασ ὀνομάζουσιν, ὀκνοῦντεσ τὰσ ἐκ τῶν νόμων ἀτιμίασ προσάγειν, πολλοῖσ οὖσι καὶ δυνατοῖσ, φοβούμενοι νεωτερισμὸν ἀπ’ αὐτῶν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 30 2:1)
  • "ἀλλὰ τἄλλα , μὲν ἴσωσ ἄστρα καὶ τὸν ὅλον οὐρανὸν εἴσ τινα φύσιν καθαρὰν καὶ εἰλικρινῆ καὶ τῆσ κατὰ πάθοσ ἀπηλλαγμένην μεταβολῆσ τιθεμένοισ ὑμῖν καὶ κύκλον ἄγουσιν ἀιδίου καὶ ἀτελευτήτου περιφορᾶσ οὐκ ἄν τισ ἔν γε τῷ νῦν διαμάχοιτο, καίτοι μυρίων οὐσῶν ἀποριῶν. (Plutarch, De faciae quae in orbe lunae apparet, section 16 2:1)
  • ὅθεν οὐδὲν ἐδίδασκε Σωκράτησ, ἀλλ’ ἐνδιδοὺσ ἀρχὰσ ἀποριῶν ὥσπερ ὠδίνων τοῖσ νέοισ ἐπήγειρε καὶ ἀνεκίνει καὶ συνεξῆγε τὰσ ἐμφύτουσ νοήσεισ· (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 1, section 6 2:1)
  • "εὖ μὲν οὖν λέγουσι καὶ οἱ λέγοντεσ, ὅτι Πλάτων τὸ ταῖσ γεννωμέναισ ποιότησιν ὑποκείμενον στοιχεῖον ἐξευρών, ὃ νῦν ὕλην καὶ φύσιν καλοῦσιν, πολλῶν ἀπήλλαξε καὶ μεγάλων ἀποριῶν τοὺσ φιλοσόφουσ· (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 103)

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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