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Lysis
Plato · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordEuporeō means have a way through; be able to proceed or find an answer.
- In LysisMenexenus says οὐ πάνυ εὐπορῶ, “I do not have much of a way through,” after the competing accounts of who counts as friend have failed.
- Reading contextThe edition prints εὐπορῶ, not ἀπορῶ, at this place; a lexicon should preserve the word actually printed rather than replace it with the more familiar vocabulary of perplexity.
- A place to readThe Greek example means “I do not see much of a way through myself.”
- English renderings
- Have a way through; be able to proceed or find an answer
Meaning
Have a way through; be able to proceed or find an answer.
Grammatical category: verb.
Use in the book
Menexenus says οὐ πάνυ εὐπορῶ, “I do not have much of a way through,” after the competing accounts of who counts as friend have failed. The negation is essential: the passage does not say that he has succeeded.
The verb gives a concrete sense of having a route or resources for continuing. It anticipates the difficult-road image of the inquiry at 213e. The edition prints εὐπορῶ, not ἀπορῶ, at this place; a lexicon should preserve the word actually printed rather than replace it with the more familiar vocabulary of perplexity.
Places to read
- 213cοὐ πάνυ εὐπορῶ ἔγωγε — I do not see much of a way through myself.