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ἔμπορ-ος

emporos

who travels on a ship, passager

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Where it lives

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What it meant

1. ἔμπορος · emporos — Beekes

ἔμπορος [m.] ‘who travels on a ship, passager’ (Od.), ‘traveller’ in general (B., trag,), usually ‘merchant’ (IA; on the mg. beside κάπηλος, ναύκληρος Finkelstein Class. Phil. 30 (1935): 320ff.). «COMP Several compounds, e.g. συν-, oiv-, μικρ-έμπορος. ἔναντα 419 *DER ἐμπορία ‘sea-trade, wholesale trade’ (Hes.), ἐμπόριον ‘commercial town’ (IA), ἐμπορικός ‘belonging to a merchant (to trade)’ (Stesich., LA; see … — [Beekes, s.v. ἔμπορος, p. 465]

2. ἔμπορος · emporos — Chantraine

ἔμπορος : m. originellement «celui qui voyage sur un bateau qui ne lui appartient pas, passager » (Od.), « voyageur » (B., trag.), d'où « négociant » : il s’agit en principe d’un commerce d'importation par mer, mais sur un vaisseau dont léuropos n'est pas propriétaire, à la différence du ναύκληρος (ion.-att.); voir Finkelstein, Class. Phil. 30, 1935, 320-336. Près de 30 composés de ἔμπορος : notamment ouv- (Æsch., … — [Chantraine, s.v. ἔμπορος, p. 358]

3. ἔμπορος · emporos — Frisk

ἔμπορος m. “wer auf einem (fremden) Schiffe fährt, Passagier’ (Od.), ‘Reisender’ im allg. (B., Trag.), gew. “"Kauffahrer, -mann’ (ion. att.; zur Bedeutungsabgrenzung gegenüber κάπηλος, ναύκληρος Finkelstein ClassPhil. 30, 320ff.). Zahlreiche Kompp., z.B. συν-, oiv-, μικρ-έμπορος. — Ableitungen: ἐμπορία “(See-, Groß-)handel’ (seit Hes.), ἐμπόριον “"Handelsplatz’ (ion. att.), ἐμπορικός “zum Kaufmann oder Handel … — [Frisk, s.v. ἔμπορος, p. 540]

4. ἔμπορ-ος · empor-os — LSJ

one who goes on ship-board as a passenger

one who goes on ship-board as a passenger, Od. 2.319, 24.300.

II wayfarer, traveller

= ὁ ἐν πόρῳ ὤν, wayfarer, traveller, B. 17.36, A. Ch. 661, S. OC 25, 303, E. Alc. 999 (lyr.).

III merchant, trader, the retail-dealer, a trafficker, a dealer in

merchant, trader, Semon. 16, Hdt. 2.39, Th. 6.31, etc.; distd. from the retail-dealer (κάπηλος) by his making voyages and importing goods himself, Pl. Prt. 313d, R. 371a, Arist. Pol. 1291a16, Sch. Ar. Pl. 1156: metaph., ἔ. κακῶν A. Pers. 598; ἔ. βίου a trafficker in life, E. Hipp. 964; ἔ. περὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μαθήματα Pl. Sph. 231d; ὥρης ἔ. a dealer in beauty, AP 9.416 (Phil.); ἔ. γυναικῶν IG 14.2000.

2

as Adj., = ἐμπορικός, ναῦς ἔ. D.S. 5.12.

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