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ἐμπόρ-ιον

emporion · τό

trading-station, mart, factory

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What it meant

ἐμπόρ-ιον · empor-ion — LSJ

trading-station, mart, factory

trading-station, mart, factory, Hdt. 1.165, al., Th. 1.100, Ar. Av. 1523, IPE 12.47.9 (Olbia, i A. D.), etc.; προστάται τοῦ ἐ. Hdt. 2.178; ἐ. παρέχειν, of Corinth, Th. 1.13.

b market-centre

market-centre for a district which had no πόλις, SIG 880.22 (Macedonia, iii A. D.).

2 the Exchange, merchants

τὸ ἐ., at Athens, the Exchange, where the merchants resorted, δανείσασθαι χρήματα ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῳ D. 35.1, cf. 18.309; ἐκ τοὐμπορίου τινές foreign merchants, Diph. 17.3, cf. 43.9.

II merchandise

ἐμπόρια, τά, merchandise, X. Vect. 1.7.

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