A.being ἄπορος: hence,
I. of places, difficulty of passing, X.An.5.6.10.
II. of things, difficulty, straits, in sg. and pl., ἐς ἀπορίην πολλὴν ἀπιγμένος, ἀπειλημένος, Hdt.1.79, 2.141; ἐν ἀπορίῃ or ἐν ἀποοͅίῃσι ἔχεσθαι, Id.9.98, 4.131, cf. Antipho 5.66; “ἀπορίῃσιν ἐνείχετο” Hdt.1.190; “ἀπορίην ἐρωτηθέντι παρασχεῖν” Hp.VM13, cf. Lys.19.1; ἀπορια τελέθει, c. inf., Pi.N.7.105, cf. Pl. Lg.788c; “εἰς φρέατα καὶ πᾶσαν ἀ. ἐμπίπτων” Id.Tht.174c: c. gen. rei, “ἀ. τοῦ μὴ γινώσκειν” Hp.Morb.Sacr.1; ἀ. τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν impossibility of keeping quiet, Th.2.49; “ἀ. τῆς προσορμίσεως” Id.4.10; “ἀ. τοῦ ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι” Pl.Lg.678d.
2. not providing a thing, Id.Men. 78e.
III. of persons, difficulty of dealing with or getting at, “τῶν Σκυθέων” Hdt.4.83; “τοῦ ἀποκτείναντος” Antipho 2.4.2.
2. being at a loss, embarrassment, perplexity, “ἀ. τοῦ δυστυχεῖν” E.Ion971, cf. Th. 7.44,75, etc.; “ἀ. ἐν τῷ λόγῷ συμβᾶσα” Aeschin.2.41; distress, discomfort, in illness, Hp.Epid.5.42, Aret.SA2.5: hence metaph., “ὠδίνουσι καὶ ἀπορίας ἐμπίμπλανται” Pl.Tht.151a.
3. ἀ. τινός lack of a person or thing, “σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν” Ar.Ra.806; τροφῆς, χρημάτων, etc., Th.1.11, 7.48; ἀπώλλυντο . . ἀπορίᾳ τοῦ θεραπεύοντος for want of one to attend to them, Id.2.51; “ἀ. λόγων” Pl.Ap.38d; ἀ. πλοίων shortage of ships, CPHerm.6.10: abs., need, poverty, Th.1.123; “ἀ. καὶ πενία” And.1.144; opp. εὐπορία, Arist.Pol.1279b27: in pl., D. 19.146.
IV. in Dialectic, question for discussion, difficulty, puzzle, “ἀπορίᾳ σχόμενος” Pl.Prt.321c; ἀ. ἣν ἀπορεῖς ib.324d; “ἡ ἀ. ἰσότης ἐναντίων λογισμῶν” Arist. Top.145b1, al.; “ἔχει ἀπορίαν περί τινος” Id.Pol.1285b28; “αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀ. τοιαῦταί τινες συμβαίνουσιν” Id.EN1146b6; “οὐδεμίαν ποιήσει ἀ.” Id.Metaph.1085a27; ἀ. λύειν, διαλύειν, Id.MM 1201b1, Metaph.1062b31; “ἀπορίᾳ ἀπορίαν λύειν” D.S.1.37.
