ăpŏrĭa, ae, f., = ἀπορία,
doubt , perplexity , embarrassment , with the idea of confusion, disorder: aporia hominis in cogitatu illius, Vulg. Eccli. 27, 5 (in Cic. Att. 7, 21, 3 al., written as Greek).
·noun A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin ...
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