Ἐμπολή
merchandise
Translated by Catharine Roth4 Mar 2007Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] goods. Or the profit from business. The amassing of the profit. The verb is e)mpola=n ["to buy, to engage in trade, to traffic"]. Aristophanes [writes]: "but I haven't yet bought anything, neither barley-groats nor wheat -- so that I am about to perish." As if he said, about to go on a trip or about to serve in the army; for those on military service used to buy wheat and barley-groats for themselves.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἐμπολή· φορτίον. ἢ τὸ τῆς πραγματείας κέρδος. ἡ συναγωγὴ τοῦ κέρδους. τὸ δὲ ῥῆμα ἐμπολᾶν. Ἀριστοφάνης· ἀλλ' οὐδὲν ἠμπόληκά πω, οὔτ' ἄλφιτ' οὔτε πυρόν, ὡς ἀπολούμενος. ὡσεὶ ἔφη, ἀποδημῶν ἢ στρατευσόμενος· οἱ γὰρ στρατευόμενοι πυρὸν καὶ ἄλφιτα ἑαυτοῖς ὠνοῦντο.
Betacode
*)empolh/: forti/on. h)\ to\ th=s pragmatei/as ke/rdos. h( sunagwgh\ tou= ke/rdous. to\ de\ r(h=ma e)mpola=n. *)aristofa/nhs: a)ll' ou)de\n h)mpo/lhka/ pw, ou)/t' a)/lfit' ou)/te puro/n, w(s a)polou/menos. w(sei\ e)/fh, a)podhmw=n h)\ strateuso/menos: oi( ga\r strateuo/menoi puro\n kai\ a)/lfita e(autoi=s w)nou=nto.
Notes
- Aristophanes, Peace 367-8 (web address 1), with a version of the scholia there. In the text of Aristophanes the second item not yet bought is
turo/n ('cheese') rather thanpuro/n , and the scholia confirm that. Naturally, wheat and barley seem an obvious pairing in general terms, but in context here 'cheese' is correct; cf. lines 1127-29 ('What a joy, what a joy, to be rid of my helmet, and the cheese & onions') and e.g. Thucydides 4.26.5 (the Spartans stranded on Sphacteria island need 'ground corn and wine and cheese').
See also epsilon 1035, epsilon 1036, epsilon 1040, epsilon 1041.
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
Linked from4 entries
- ε1035Ἐμπολᾷtrades, traffics[Meaning he/she/it] transacts business.
- ε1040Ἐμπόλημαtrading-profitand [sc. also attested is the related participle] e)mpolh/santes ["they having engaged in trade"].
- ε1041Ἐμπολήσωμενlet us engage in trade[Meaning] let us involve ourselves in business, let us gather in, having sold our crop.
- ε3762ΕὔσχημοςEuschemosComedy-writer. Amongst his plays is Empole ['Merchandise']; as Athenaeus says.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history3 revisions · last 28 Dec 2015
- tweaked tr; expanded note — David Whitehead
- tweaking — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth