ἔμπορος
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See also: έμπορος
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἐν- (en-, “on”) + πόρος (póros, “journey”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ém.po.ros/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈem.po.ros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈem.po.ros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈem.po.ros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈem.bo.ros/
Noun
[edit]ἔμπορος • (émporos) m (genitive ἐμπόρου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)
- one who is on a journey: wayfarer, traveller
- merchant, trader
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.39:
- τοῖσι μὲν ἂν ᾖ ἀγορὴ καὶ Ἕλληνές σφι ἔωσι ἐπιδήμιοι ἔμποροι, οἳ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν ἀπ’ ὦν ἔδοντο
- toîsi mèn àn êi agorḕ kaì Héllēnés sphi éōsi epidḗmioi émporoi, hoì dè phérontes es tḕn agorḕn ap’ ôn édonto
- For some if there is a market and resident Greek merchants are there, they bring it into the market and sell it
- τοῖσι μὲν ἂν ᾖ ἀγορὴ καὶ Ἕλληνές σφι ἔωσι ἐπιδήμιοι ἔμποροι, οἳ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν ἀπ’ ὦν ἔδοντο
Declension
[edit]Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔμπορος ho émporos |
τὼ ἐμπόρω tṑ empórō |
οἱ ἔμποροι hoi émporoi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐμπόρου toû empórou |
τοῖν ἐμπόροιν toîn empóroin |
τῶν ἐμπόρων tôn empórōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐμπόρῳ tôi empórōi |
τοῖν ἐμπόροιν toîn empóroin |
τοῖς ἐμπόροις toîs empórois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔμπορον tòn émporon |
τὼ ἐμπόρω tṑ empórō |
τοὺς ἐμπόρους toùs empórous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔμπορε émpore |
ἐμπόρω empórō |
ἔμποροι émporoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐμπορεῖον (emporeîon)
- ἐμπόρευμα (empóreuma)
- ἐμπορεύομαι (emporeúomai)
- ἐμπορευτικός (emporeutikós)
- ἐμπορία (emporía)
- ἐμποριάρχης (emporiárkhēs)
- ἐμπορίζομαι (emporízomai)
- ἐμπορικός (emporikós)
- ἐμπόριον (empórion)
Descendants
[edit]- > Greek: έμπορος (émporos) (inherited)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἔμπορος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἔμπορος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἔμπορος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἔμπορος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἔμπορος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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