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ἀπορέω

ἀπορέω, [(Ion.) > ἀφοράω]

ἀπορέω2, ἀπορέω, be without means or resources; be at a loss, be in doubt; lack (+ gen.)

ἀπορέω (A), Ion. for ἀφοράω.
ἀπορ-έω (B), Lacon. 1 pl. ἀπορίομες X. HG 1.1.23: aor. ἠπόρησα Th. 1.63, etc.: pf. ἠπόρηκα Pl. Sph. 244a, etc.:—Pass., fut. ἀπορηθήσομαι (συν-) S.E. M. 10.5, but Med. in pass. sense ἀπορήσομαι Arist. MM 1200a11: aor. ἠπορήθην, pf. ἠπόρημαι, both in act. and pass. sense (v. infr.):—
  • to be ἄπορος, i.e. without means or resource: hence,
      • 1 to be at a loss, be in doubt, be puzzled, mostly folld. by relat. clause, ἀ. ὅκως διαβήσεται Hdt. 1.75; ὅτῳ τρόπῳ διασωθήσεται Th. 3.109; ὅ τι λέξω δʼ ἀπορῶ S. OT 486 (lyr.); ἀ. ὅπῃ, ὁπόθεν, ὅποι, Th. 1.107, 8.80, X. HG 5.4.44; ὅτι χρὴ ποιεῖν Id. Cyr. 4.5.38; τίνα χρὴ τρόπον . . D. 3.3; ἀ. εἰ . . Pl. Prt. 326e; πότερα . . X. Mem. 1.4.6; ἀ. ὁποτέραν τῶν ὁδῶν τράπηται ib. 2.1.21; ἀ. μή . . fear lest . ., Pl. Alc. 2.142d: with acc.added, ἀ. τὴν ἔλασιν ὅκως διεκπερᾷ to be at a loss about his march, how to cross, Hdt. 3.4: c. acc. only, ἀ. τὴν ἐξαγωγήν to be at a loss about it, Id. 4.179, cf. Ar. Ec. 664, Pl. Prt. 348c, al.: also c. inf., to be at a loss how to do, Ar. V. 590, Pl. Plt. 262e, Lys. 9.7:—also ἀ. περί τινος Pl. Phd. 84c, Grg. 462b, al.; ἀ. διὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων ὅθεν ἄρξομαι And. 4.10; ἐς πολλά S. Tr. 1243: abs., Hdt. 6.134; οὐκ ἀπορήσας without hesitation, Id. 1.159; τὸ δʼ ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ E. HF 106, etc.:— Med. used like Act., Hdt. 2.121.γʹ; ὡς ἠπόρημαι . . τάδε E. IA 537; ἠπορούμην ὅτι χρησαίμην Lys. 3.10, cf. Pl. Prt. 321c: so in aor. Pass., πολλὰ . . ἀπορηθείς D. 27.53.
      • 2 in Dialectic, start a question, raise a difficulty, ἀπορία ἣν ἀπορεῖς Pl. Prt. 324d; ἀ. περί τινος Arist. Ph. 194a15, al.; τὰ αὐτὰ περί τινος Metaph. 1085a35; ἀ. πότερον . . Pol. 1283b36; ἀπορήσειε δʼ ἄν τις τί . . EN 1096a34, cf. 1145b21, Plb. 1.64.1, al.:—Pass., τὸ ἀπορούμενον, τὸ ἀπορηθέν, the difficulty just started, the puzzle before us, Pl. Sph. 243b, Lg. 799c, cf. Hp. VM 1; τὰ ἠπορημένα Arist. Pol. 1281a38; ἀπορεῖται there is a question or difficulty, πότερον . . Id. EN 1099b9; μή . . ib. 1159a6.
      • 3 Pass., of things, to be left wanting, left unprovided for, τῶν δεομένων γίγνεσθαι οὐδὲν ἀπορεῖται X. Lac. 13.7, cf. Oec. 8.10; to fail, turn out a failure, opp. εὐπορεῖσθαι, Hp. Art. 47.
    • II c. gen. rei, to be at a loss for, in want of, ἀπορεῖς δὲ τοῦ σύ; S. Ph. 898; ἀλφίτων Ar. Pax 636; πάντων Id. Pl. 531; τροφῆς Thuc. 8.81; ξυμμάχων X. Cyr. 4.2.39; τοσαύτης δαπάνης Id. Mem. 1.3.5; λόγων Pl. Smp. 193e:—Med., Id. Lg. 925b.
    • III ἀ. τινί to be at a loss by reason of, by means of something, X. An. 1.3.8, Isoc. 4.147.
    • IV to be in want, be poor, opp. εὐπορέω, in Med., ὅταν ἀπορῆταί τις Antiph. 123, but Act., Timocl. 11, E. Fr. 953.19; opp. πλουτέω, Pl. Smp. 203e:—Pass., ἄνθρωπος ἠπορημένος Com.Adesp. 249.—Chiefly Prose and Com.; never in A., thrice in S., twice in E.

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