ἀπορία,
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, (ἄπορος) being ἄπορος: hence,
__I of places, difficulty of passing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 5.6.10. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II of things, difficulty, straits, in singular and plural, ἐς ἀπορίην πολλὴν ἀπιγμένος, ἀπειλημένος, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79, 2.141] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν ἀπορίῃ or ἐν ἀποίῃσι ἔχεσθαι, [[ [prev. author] 9.98, 4.131, compare 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.66; ἀπορίῃσιν ἐνείχετο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.190; ἀπορίην ἐρωτηθέντι παρασχεῖν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 13, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπορια τελέθει, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.105, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 788c; εἰς φρέατα καὶ πᾶσαν ἀ. ἐμπίπτων [prev. author] “Tht.” 174c: with _genitive_ _of things_, ἀ. τοῦ μὴ γινώσκειν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 1] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν impossibility of keeping quiet, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; ἀ. τῆς προσορμίσεως [prev. author] 4.10; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 678d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 not providing a thing, [[ [prev. author] “Men.” 78e. ] Refs]
__III of persons, difficulty of dealing with or getting at, τῶν Σκυθέων[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.83; τοῦ ἀποκτείναντος 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.4.2. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]