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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀ- (a-, “not”) + πόρος (póros, “passage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /á.po.ros/ → /ˈa.po.ros/ → /ˈa.po.ros/
Adjective
ἄπορος • (áporos) m or f (neuter ἄπορον); second declension
- without passage, impassable, having no way through
- hard, difficult
- (of people) hard to deal with, unmanageable
- not knowing what to do, at a loss
- poor, needy
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- “ἄπορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἄπορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἄπορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἄπορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἄπορος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- arduous idem, page 39.
- bewildering idem, page 77.
- blank idem, page 81.
- chimerical idem, page 130.
- confusing idem, page 159.
- despairing idem, page 216.
- desperate idem, page 217.
- destitute idem, page 218.
- difficult idem, page 223.
- doubtful idem, page 248.
- dubious idem, page 255.
- embarrassing idem, page 266.
- exacting idem, page 286.
- fluctuating idem, page 330.
- forlorn idem, page 338.
- halting idem, page 382.
- hard idem, page 385.
- hesitating idem, page 398.
- hopeless idem, page 405.
- impossible idem, page 423.
- impotent idem, page 423.
- impracticable idem, page 423.
- indigent idem, page 433.
- inextricable idem, page 436.
- insuperable idem, page 448.
- insurmountable idem, page 448.
- invincible idem, page 457.
- irresistible idem, page 460.
- irresolute idem, page 460.
- knotty idem, page 471.
- loss idem, page 500.
- necessitous idem, page 554.
- needy idem, page 554.
- obstinate idem, page 567.
- penniless idem, page 603.
- perplex idem, page 607.
- perplexing idem, page 607.
- poor idem, page 626.
- puzzling idem, page 662.
- refractory idem, page 685.
- resistless idem, page 702.
- serious idem, page 754.
- shiftless idem, page 765.
- troublesome idem, page 897.
- uncertain idem, page 909.
- uncomfortable idem, page 910.
- unconquerable idem, page 910.
- undecided idem, page 912.
- undetermined idem, page 914.
- uneasy idem, page 916.
- unfortunate idem, page 918.
- unmanageable idem, page 925.
- unsurmountable idem, page 933.
- untenable idem, page 934.
- utopian idem, page 941.
- vacillating idem, page 942.
- visionary idem, page 954.
- wavering idem, page 968.
- wit idem, page 983.