ἀπορ-έω,
__B Laconian dialect 1st pers.plural ἀπορίομες[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.1.23] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἠπόρησα[[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἠπόρηκα[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 244a, etc.:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —passive, future ἀπορηθήσομαι (συν-) [[ 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 10.5] Refs 2nd c.AD+], but middle in passive sense ἀπορήσομαι[[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Magna Moralia” 1200a11: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]aorist ἠπορήθην, perfect ἠπόρημαι, both in active and passive sense (see. below):—to be ἄπορος, i. e. without means or resource: hence,
__B.1 to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled, mostly followed by relative clause, ἀ. ὅκως διαβήσεται[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.75; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ διασωθήσεται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.109; ὅ τι λέξω δ᾽ ἀπορῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 486(Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ὅπῃ, ὁπόθεν, ὅποι, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.107, 8.80, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.4.44; ὅτι χρὴ ποιεῖν [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.5.38; τίνα χρὴ τρόπον.. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.3; ἀ. εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 326e; πότερα.. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.4.6; ἀ. ὁποτέραν τῶν ὁδῶν τράπηται [prev. work] 2.1.21] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. μή.. fear lest.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.142d: with _accusative_ added, ἀ. τὴν ἔλασιν ὅκως διεκπερᾷ] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be at a loss about his march, how to cross, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4: with _accusative_ only, ἀ. τὴν ἐξαγωγήν] Refs 5th c.BC+] to be at a loss about it, [[ [prev. author] 4.179, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 664, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 348c, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also with infinitive, to be at a loss how to do, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 590, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 262e, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.7:—also ἀ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 84c, “Grg.” 462b, +others; ἀ. διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ὅθεν ἄρξομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.10; ἐς πολλά 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 1243: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.134] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀπορήσας without hesitation, [[ [prev. author] 1.159; τὸ δ᾽ ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 106, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— middle used like active, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. ; ὡς ἠπόρημαι.. τάδε 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 537; ἠπορούμην ὅτι χρησαίμην 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 321c] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in aorist passive, πολλὰ.. ἀπορηθείς[[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 27.53. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]