aporia | Ancient Greek Analysis with Conjugation Tables

Definition

Perplexity or confusion; a state of being at a loss, or an impasse—a lack of a way out. In rhetoric and philosophy, aporia denotes an unresolved question or a puzzling dilemma that resists straightforward resolution.

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Grammatical Analysis

"aporia"

Gender: feminine

Case: nominative (can also be given in genitive singular: ἀπορίας)

Number: singular

Related Forms of ἀπορία

3 forms discovered

Other inflected forms of this word that have been analyzed:

ἀπορία nominative, singular, feminine ἀπορίας genitive, singular, feminine Aporia nominative, singular, feminine

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