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δια^πορ-έω ,
A.to be quite at a loss, to be in doubt or difficulty, “τί χρὴ δρᾶν” Pl.Lg.777c; “ἐπὶ τοῖς συμβαίνουσι” Plb.4.71.5: in aor. Pass., “διηπορήθη” Aeschin.2.34: pf. Pass., “διηπορημένος” Plu.Alex.25:—Med., “δ. ὑπ᾽ αἰσχύνης” Pl.Phdr.237a.
2. to be in want, Arist.Oec.1353a26.
II. go through all the ἀπορίαι, Id.Pol.1276b36, al.: but,
2. commonly only a stronger form of ἀπορέω, raise an ἀπορία, start a difficulty, Id.EN1096a11; “ἔστι δὲ τοῖς εὐπορῆσαι βουλομένοις προὔργου τὸ διαπορῆσαι καλῶς” Id.Metaph.995a28; “πὲρί τινος” Plb.4.20.2, Phld. Sign.21; “εἰ . .” Epicur.Fr.21:—Med., “διαπορεῖσθαί τι περί τινος” Pl. Sph.217a:—Pass., to be matter of doubt or discussion, Pl.Sph.250e, Arist.Metaph.1086a19, al.; “τὸ διαπορούμενον” Pl.Lg.799e; “τὸ διαπορεῖσθαι” Arist.EN1101a35; “τὸ διαπορηθέν” Id.Pol.1282b8: impers., διαπορεῖται περί τινος a question arises about . ., Id.HA631b2.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aeschines, On the Embassy, 34
    • Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, 1101a.35
    • Plato, Laws, 777c
    • Plato, Laws, 799e
    • Plato, Sophist, 217a
    • Plato, Sophist, 250e
    • Plato, Phaedrus, 237a
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.20.2
    • Polybius, Histories, 4.71.5
    • Plutarch, Alexander, 25
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