ἀπορία
aporia
being
Appears 103 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀπορία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (ἄπορος) A. being ἄπορος: hence, I. of places, difficulty of passing, An. 5.6.10. II. of things, difficulty, straits, in sg. and pl., ἐς ἀπορίην πολλὴν ἀπιγμένος, ἀπειλημένος, 1.79, 2.141; ἐν ἀπορίῃ or ἐν ἀποίῃσι ἔχεσθαι, 9.98, 4.131, cf. 5.66; ἀπορίῃσιν ἐνείχετο 1.190; ἀπορίην ἐρωτηθέντι παρασχεῖν VM 13, cf. 19.1; ἀπορια τελέθει, c. inf., N. 7.105, cf. Lg. 788c; εἰς φρέατα καὶ πᾶσαν ἀ. ἐμπίπτων Tht. 174c: c. gen. rei, ἀ. τοῦ μὴ γινώσκειν Morb.Sacr. 1; ἀ. τοῦ μὴ ἡσυχάζειν impossibility of keeping quiet, 2.49; ἀ. τῆς προσορμίσεως 4.10; ἀ. τοῦ ἀνακαθαίρεσθαι Lg. 678d. 2. not providing a thing, Men. 78e. III. of persons, difficulty of dealing with or getting at, τῶν Σκυθέων 4.83; τοῦ ἀποκτείναντος 2.4.2. 2. being at a loss, embarrassment, perplexity, ἀ. τοῦ δυστυχεῖν Ion 971, cf. 7.44,75, etc.; ἀ. ἐν τῷ λόγῷ συμβᾶσα 2.41; distress, discomfort, in illness, Epid. 5.42, SA 2.5: hence metaph., ὠδίνουσι καὶ ἀπορίας ἐμπίμπλανται Tht. 151a. 3. ἀ. τινός lack of a person or thing, σοφῶν ἀνδρῶν Ra. 806; τροφῆς, χρημάτων, etc., 1.11, 7.48; ἀπώλλυντο . . ἀπορίᾳ τοῦ θεραπεύοντος for want of one to attend to them, 2.51; ἀ. λόγων Ap. 38d; ἀ. πλοίων shortage of ships, CPHerm. 6.10: abs., need, poverty, 1.123; ἀ. καὶ πενία 1.144; opp. εὐπορία, Pol. 1279b27: in pl., 19.146. IV. in Dialectic, question for discussion, difficulty, puzzle, ἀπορίᾳ σχόμενος Prt. 321c; ἀ. ἣν ἀπορεῖς ib.324d; ἡ ἀ. ἰσότης ἐναντίων λογισμῶν Top. 145b1, al.; ἔχει ἀπορίαν περί τινος Pol. 1285b28; αἱ μὲν οὖν ἀ. τοιαῦταί τινες συμβαίνουσιν EN 1146b6; οὐδεμίαν ποιήσει ἀ. Metaph. 1085a27; ἀ. λύειν, διαλύειν, MM 1201b1, Metaph. 1062b31; ἀπορίᾳ ἀπορίαν λύειν 1.37.
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