ἄπορος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.po.ros/ → /ˈa.po.ros/ → /ˈa.po.ros/

• (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

1. without passage, impassable, having no way through
2. hard, difficult
3. (of people) hard to deal with, unmanageable
4. not knowing what to do, at a loss
5. 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
		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 (2006–2024)
• “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^[1], 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.