ἐμπολ-άω (empolao)

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Peace 4 · 5.02/10k
Amos 1 · 3.25/10k
Trachiniae 2 · 2.75/10k
Eumenides 1 · 1.91/10k
Thesmophoriazusae 1 · 1.42/10k
Antigone 1 · 1.36/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k
Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Odyssey 1 · 0.12/10k

What it meant

ἐμπολ-άω · empol-aō — LSJ

get by barter, traffic, were getting, by traffic, get by sale, earn, procure

get by barter or traffic, once in Hom., in Med., βίοτον πολὺν ἐμπολόωντο they were getting much substance by traffic, Od. 15.456:—Act., get by sale, ἐξ ὧν [προβάτων etc.] ἐνεπόλησαν τετρακισχιλίας [δραχμάς] Is. l.c., cf. X. An. 7.5.4: hence, earn, procure, τό γʼ εὖ πράσσειν . . κέρδος ἐμπολᾷ S. Tr. 93.

2 deal, traffic in, purchase, buy

deal or traffic in, ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤλεκτρον Id. Ant. 1037; purchase, buy, Id. OT 1025, Ar. V. 444, Pax 367, 563, etc.; οὐκ ἐλεύθερος ἀλλʼ ἐμποληθείς S. Tr. 250:—Med., λαθραίαν ἐμπολωμένη Κύπριν E. Cret. 7.

3 make profit of, by dealing

ἐ. τὴν ἐμὴν φρένα make profit of my mind by dealing with me, S. Ant. 1063.

II traffic

abs., traffic, ἵνʼ ἐμπολᾷ βέλτιον Ar. Pax 448; νυνὶ δὲ πεντήκοντα δραχμῶν ἐμπολῶ to the amount of 50 drachmae, ib. 1201; οὐκέτʼ ἐμπολῶμεν οὐδʼ εἰς ἥμισυ Id. Th. 452.

2 deal, fare, having dealt in, will fare, in health

metaph., deal or fare in any way, ἠμποληκότα τὰ πλεῖστʼ ἀμείνονα having dealt in most things with success, A. Eu. 631; κάλλιον ἐμπολήσει will fare better in health, Hp. Morb. 4.49; ἆρʼ ἠμπόληκας ὥσπερ ἡ φάτις κρατεῖ; S. Aj. 978.

III

ἐμπολῶντο· ἐνεβάλλοντο, Hsch.

In the wild

ἠμποληκότα · ēmpolēkota Aeschylus, Eumenides 631–635
ἠμπόληκά · ēmpolēka Aristophanes, Peace 1 (DIORISIS sentence 285)
ἐμπολᾷ · empolai Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 337)
ἐμπολήσαντές · empolēsantes Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 424)
ἐμπολῶ · empolō Aristophanes, Peace (DIORISIS sentence 842)
ἐμπολῶμεν · empolōmen Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 347)

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Where it came from

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