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.): -
I 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. 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.
G639 — ἀπορέω
ἀπόρω: imperfect 3 person singular ἠπόρει ([Mar 6:20] T WH Tr marginal reading); (present middle ἀποροῦμαι); to be ἄπορος (from alpha privative and πόρος a transit, ford, way, revenue, resource), i. e. "to be without resources, to be in straits, to be left wanting, to be embarrassed, to be in doubt, not to know which way to turn"; (imperfect in [Mar 6:20] (see above) πολλά ἠπόρει he was in perplexity about many things or much perplexed (cf. Thucydides 5, 40, 3; Xenophon, Hell. 6, 1, 4; Herodotus 3, 4; 4, 179; Arlstot. meteorolog. 1, 1); elsewhere) middle, to be at a loss with oneself, be in doubt; not to know how to decide or what to do, to be perplexed: absolutely [2Co 4:8]; περί τίνος, [Luk 24:4] L T Tr WH; περί τίνος τίς λέγει, [Joh 13:22]; ἀποροῦμαι ἐν ὑμῖν I am perplexed about you, I know not how to deal with you, in what style to address you, [Gal 4:20]; ἀπορούμενος ἐγώ εἰς (T Tr WH omit εἰς) τήν περί τούτου (τούτων L T Tr WH) ζήτησιν I being perplexed how to decide in reference to the inquiry concerning him (or these things), [Act 25:20]. (Often in secular authors from Herodotus down; often also in the Sept.) (Compare: διαπορέω, ἐξαπορέω.)
ἀπορέω , - ῶ
( < ἄπορος , ἀ - neg ., πόρος , a way, resource),
[in LXX for H6887, H4134, etc.;]
to be at a loss, be perplexed: absol. , [Mar 6:20] ( ἐποίει , R , mg .); mid ., be in doubt: absol. , [2Co 4:8]; c . acc , [Act 25:20]; seq . περί , [Luk 24:4]; ἐν , [Gal 4:20]; περὶ τίνος λέγει , [Joh 13:22]. †
SYN.: διαπορέω G1280, διακρίνομαι G1252, διστάζω G1365, μετεωρίζομαι G3349 ( ν . DCG, i, 491).