ἄπορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ πόρος (póros, “passage”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.po.ros/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.po.ros/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.po.ros/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.po.ros/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /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

Second declension of ἄπορος; ἄπορον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἄπορος áporos	ἄπορον áporon	ἀπόρω apórō	ἀπόρω apórō	ἄποροι áporoi	ἄπορᾰ ápora
Genitive	ἀπόρου apórou	ἀπόρου apórou	ἀπόροιν apóroin	ἀπόροιν apóroin	ἀπόρων apórōn	ἀπόρων apórōn
Dative	ἀπόρῳ apórōi	ἀπόρῳ apórōi	ἀπόροιν apóroin	ἀπόροιν apóroin	ἀπόροις apórois	ἀπόροις apórois
Accusative	ἄπορον áporon	ἄπορον áporon	ἀπόρω apórō	ἀπόρω apórō	ἀπόρους apórous	ἄπορᾰ ápora
Vocative	ἄπορε ápore	ἄπορον áporon	ἀπόρω apórō	ἀπόρω apórō	ἄποροι áporoi	ἄπορᾰ ápora
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἀπόρως apórōs		ἀπορώτερος aporṓteros		ἀπορώτᾰτος aporṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

ἀπορέω (aporéō)
ἀπορῐ́ᾱ (aporíā)

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 (2006–2019)
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.

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