A.without passage, having no way in, out, or through: hence,
II. of states or circumstances, impracticable, difficult, Hdt. 5.3, etc.; ἄ. ἀλγηδών, πάθη, S.OC513 (lyr.), Ph.854; τἄπορον ἔτος ib.897; “ἄ. χρῆμα” E.Or.70; ἀγών, κίνδυνος, Lys.7.2 and 39 (Sup.); “αἰσχύνη” Pl.Lg.873c; σωτηρία λεπτὴ καὶ ἄ. ib.699b, cf. R.453d; “φόβος” Lg.698b; “βίος” Men.Kith.Fr.1.10; “νύξ” Longin.9.10:—ἄπορον, τό, and ἄπορα, τά, as Subst., ἐκ τῶν ἀπόρων in the midst of their difficulties, Hdt.8.53, cf. Pl.Lg.699b; “εὔπορος ἐν τοῖς ἀ.” Alex. 234.6; “ἄπορα πόριμος” A.Pr.904; ἐν ἀπόροις εἶναι to be in great straits, X.An. 7.6.11; εἰς ἄπορον ἥκειν, πεσεῖν, E.Hel.813, Ar.Nu.703; ἐν ἀπόρῳ εἴχοντο, ἦσαν, they were at a loss how to . ., Th.1.25, 3.22; “ἐτεῇ οἷον ἕκαστον γιγνώσκειν ἐν ἀπόσρῳ ἐστί” Democr.8: ἄπορόν [ἐστι] c. inf., Pi.O.10(11).40, Th.2.77, Aeschin.Socr.53, etc.; ἄπορά [ἐστι] Pi.O.1.52: Comp. “-ώτερος, ἡ λῆψις” Th.5.110.
2. hard to discover or solve, “ἀνεξερεύνητον καὶ ἄπορον” Heraclit.18; ἄ. ἐρωτήσεις, = ἀπορίαι IV, Plu.Alex.64, Luc.DMort.10.8; “ζήτησις” Pl.Plt.284b; “λόγοι” D.L. 7.44.
3. hard to get, scarce, “ἐν δυστυχίῃ [φίλον εὑρεῖν] πάντων -ώτατον” Democr.106; “θῦμα” Pl.R.378a; ἄπορα [ὀφλήματα] bad debts, D.50.9.
III. of persons, hard to deal with, unmanageable, E.Ba. 800, Pl.Ap.18d (Sup.), cf. Th.4.32 (Sup.): c. inf., ἄ. προσμίσγειν, προσφέρεσθαι, impossible to have any dealings with, Hdt.4.46, 9.49; “βορῆς ἄνεμος ἄ.” against which nothing will avail, which there is no opposing, Id.6.44; “ἄ. τὸ κακὸν καὶ ἀνίκητον” Id.3.52.
2. without means or resources, helpless, “ἔρημος, ἄ.” S.OC1735 (lyr.), cf. Ar.Nu.629, etc.; “ἄ. ἐπὶ φρόνιμα” S.OT691 (lyr.); “ἐπ᾽ οὐδέν” Id.Ant.360 (lyr.); “ἄ. γνώμῃ” Th.2.59.
3. poor,needy, Id.1.9, Pl.R.552a; opp. εὔπορος, Arist.Pol. 1279b9, 1289b30; ἄ. λειτουργεῖν too poor to undertake liturgies, Lys. 31.12, cf. PRyl.75.5 (ii A.D.), etc.; “ἄ. καὶ τῶν ἐλαχίστων κατέστησαν” D.Chr.17.18; also of states of life, “δίαιτα ταπεινὴ καὶ ἄ.” Pl.Lg. 762e.
