to be
ἀπορ-έω(B), Lacon.
1 pl.
A.
ἀπορίομες
X. HG 1.1.23
:aor.
ἠπόρησα
Th. 1.63
, etc.:pf.
ἠπόρηκα
Pl. Sph. 244a
, etc.:— Pass. ,fut. ἀπορηθήσομαι(συν-) S.E. M. 10.5 , but Med. in pass. sense ἀπορήσομαι
Arist. MM 1200a11
:aor. ἠπορήθην, pf. ἠπόρημαι,both in act. and pass. sense (v. infr.):—to be ἄπορος,i. e.without meansorresource: hence,
1. to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled,mostly folld. by relat. clause, ἀ. ὅκως διαβήσεται
Hdt. 1.75
; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ διασωθήσεται
Th. 3.109
; ὅ τι λέξω δ' ἀπορῶ
S. OT 486
(lyr.);ἀ. ὅπῃ, ὁπόθεν, ὅποι,
Th. 1.107 , 8.80 , X. HG 5.4.44 ; ὅτι χρὴ ποιεῖν
Id. Cyr. 4.5.38
; τίνα χρὴ τρόπον . .
D. 3.3
; ἀ. εἰ . .
Pl. Prt. 326e
; πότερα . .
X. Mem. 1.4.6
;ἀ. ὁποτέραν τῶν ὁδῶν τράπηταιib. 2.1.21 ;ἀ. μή . . fearlest . ., Pl. Alc. 2.142d : with acc.added,ἀ. τὴν ἔλασιν ὅκως διεκπερᾷ to be at a loss abouthis march, how to cross, Hdt. 3.4 : c. acc. only,ἀ. τὴν ἐξαγωγήν to be at a loss aboutit, Id. 4.179 , cf. Ar. Ec. 664 , Pl. Prt. 348c , al.: also c.inf.,to be at a loss howto do, Ar. V. 590 , Pl. Plt. 262e , Lys. 9.7 :—also ἀ. περί τινος
Pl. Phd. 84c
, Grg. 462b , al.; ἀ. διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ὅθεν ἄρξομαι
And. 4.10
; ἐς πολλά
S. Tr. 1243
: abs., Hdt. 6.134 ;οὐκ ἀπορήσαςwithouthesitation,
Id. 1.159 ; τὸ δ' ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ
E. HF 106
, etc.:— Med. usedlike
Act. , Hdt. 2.121 . γ́; ὡς ἠπόρημαι . . τάδε
E. IA 537
; ἠπορούμην ὅτι χρησαίμην
Lys. 3.10
, cf. Pl. Prt. 321c : so inaor.
Pass. , πολλὰ . . ἀπορηθείς
D. 27.53
.
2. in Dialectic,start a question, raise a difficulty,
ἀπορία ἣν ἀπορεῖς
Pl. Prt. 324d
; ἀ. περί τινος
Arist. Ph. 194a15
, al.; τὰ αὐτὰ περί τινος
Metaph. 1085a35
; ἀ. πότερον . .
Pol. 1283b36
; ἀπορήσειε δ' ἄν τις τί . .
EN 1096a34
, cf. 1145b21 , Plb. 1.64.1 , al.:— Pass. ,τὸ ἀπορούμενον, τὸ ἀπορηθέν, the difficulty just started, the puzzle before us,
Pl. Sph. 243b , Lg. 799c , cf. Hp. VM 1 ; τὰ ἠπορημένα
Arist. Pol. 1281a38
;ἀπορεῖται there is a questionordifficulty,
πότερον . .
Id. EN 1c99
b9 ;μή . .ib. 1159a6 .
3.
Pass. , of things,to be left wanting, left unprovided for,
τῶν δεομένων γίγνεσθαι οὐδὲν ἀπορεῖται
X. Lac. 13.7
, cf. Oec. 8.10 ;to fail, turn out a failure,opp.εὐπορεῖσθαι,
Hp. Art. 47 .
II. c. gen. rei,to be at a loss for, in want of,
ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σύ;
S. Ph. 898
; ἀλφίτων
Ar. Pax 636
; πάντων
Id. Pl. 531
;τροφῆςThuc. 8.81 ; ξυμμάχων
X. Cyr. 4.2.39
; τοσαύτης δαπάνης
Id. Mem. 1.3.5
; λόγων
Pl. Smp. 193e
:— Med. , Id. Lg. 925b .
III. ἀ. τινί to be at a lossby reason of, by means of something, X. An. 1.3.8 , Isoc. 4.147 .
IV. to be in want, be poor,opp.εὐπορέω,in Med. , ὅταν ἀπορῆταί τις
Antiph. 123
, but Act. , Timocl. 11 , E. Fr. 953.19 ; opp.πλουτέω,
Pl. Smp. 203e :— Pass. , ἄνθρωπος ἠπορημένος
Com.Adesp. 249
.—Chiefly Prose and Com.; never in A. , thrice in S. , twice in E.
