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ἄπορος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄπορος ἄπορος ἄπορον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + πορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. without passage, impassable, having no way through
  2. hard, difficult
  3. (of people) hard to deal with, unmanageable
  4. not knowing what to do, at a loss
  5. poor, needy

Declension

First/Second 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

  • καὶ γάρ τοι πάντα μὲν τὰ ἀπορώτατα οἱ ποιηταὶ ταύτῃ προστιθέασιν, ἐπειδὰν πόριμα καὶ δυνατὰ ἀποφῆναι βούλωνται, Ὀδυσσέασ τε νηχομένουσ ἐν μέσοισ τοῖσ ἐρήμοισ πελάγεσι καὶ νέουσ ἐκ γερόντων καὶ καλοὺσ ἐξ οὐ καλῶν γιγνομένουσ, καὶ τοὺσ ἀπὸ τῶν ἐθνῶν μνηστῆρασ ἀπολλύντασ ἀπὸ φαύλου καὶ γελοίου τοῦ ἐπικουρικοῦ μειρακίου καὶ νομέοιν δυοῖν, καὶ ἕτερα τούτων ἀτοπώτερα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:20)
  • ἀλλ’ ἀνόρατον εἶδόσ τι καὶ ἄμορφον, πανδεχέσ, μεταλαμβάνον δὲ ἀπορώτατά πῃ τοῦ νοητοῦ καὶ δυσαλωτότατον αὐτὸ λέγοντεσ οὐ ψευσόμεθα. (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 213:3)

Synonyms

  1. hard

  2. poor

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