ἀπορέω

A. 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 δ’ 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 δ’ ἀπορεῖν ἀνδρὸς κακοῦ E. HF 106, etc.:— Med. used like Act., Hdt. 2.121.γ/; 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 δ’ 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 1c99 b9; 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.