ἐμπόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔμπορος (émporos, “merchant”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pó.ri.on/ → /emˈpo.ri.on/ → /emˈbo.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pó.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈbo.ri.on/

Noun

ἐμπόρῐον • (empórĭon) n (genitive ἐμπορῐ́ου); second declension

1. trading station, mart, factory, emporium
2. market centre for a district without a city

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐμπόρῐον; τοῦ ἐμπορῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμπόρῐον tò empórĭon	τὼ ἐμπορῐ́ω tṑ emporĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐμπόρῐᾰ tằ empórĭă
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπορῐ́ου toû emporĭ́ou	τοῖν ἐμπορῐ́οιν toîn emporĭ́oin	τῶν ἐμπορῐ́ων tôn emporĭ́ōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπορῐ́ῳ tôi emporĭ́ōi	τοῖν ἐμπορῐ́οιν toîn emporĭ́oin	τοῖς ἐμπορῐ́οις toîs emporĭ́ois
Accusative	τὸ ἐμπόρῐον tò empórĭon	τὼ ἐμπορῐ́ω tṑ emporĭ́ō	τᾰ̀ ἐμπόρῐᾰ tằ empórĭă
Vocative	ἐμπόρῐον empórĭon	ἐμπορῐ́ω emporĭ́ō	ἐμπόρῐᾰ empórĭă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: emporium

Further reading

• “ἐμπόριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐμπόριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐμπόριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἐμπόριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)