Ἔμπορος
emporos, merchant-shipper, trader
Translated by David Whitehead2 Nov 2000Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the man of business; but strictly speaking he who sails the sea. [The term comes] from the [noun] po/ros ; but po/ros , strictly speaking, is used in reference to [journeys] over water. Also [sc. noteworthy is the adjective] eu)/poros , [meaning] he who has a constant supply of wealth flowing in, as a metaphor from the flow of water.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἔμπορος· ὁ πραγματευτικὸς ἄνθρωπος· κυρίως δὲ ὁ πλέων θάλασσαν. παρὰ τὸ πόρος· πόρος δὲ κυρίως ἐπὶ ὑγρῶν λέγεται. καὶ εὔπορος, ὁ ἔχων ἀεὶ τὸν ἐπιρρέοντα πλοῦτον, ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τοῦ ὑδατικοῦ πόρου.
Betacode
*)/emporos: o( pragmateutiko\s a)/nqrwpos: kuri/ws de\ o( ple/wn qa/lassan. para\ to\ po/ros: po/ros de\ kuri/ws e)pi\ u(grw=n le/getai. kai\ eu)/poros, o( e)/xwn a)ei\ to\n e)pirre/onta plou=ton, e)k metafora=s tou= u(datikou= po/rou.
Notes
- From a scholion on Aristophanes, Wealth [Plutus] 521, where the headword occurs; cf. pi 2083 (end), pi 2190 (end).
For the headword see also epsilon 1046, epsilon 1047.
Linked from4 entries
- ε1044Ἐμπόριονport, trading-place; Emporion[no gloss]
- ε1046Ἔμποροςemporos, merchant-shipper, trader[Meaning] he who sails for a fare on someone else's ship, or a businessman.
- ε1047Ἔμπορός εἰμι σκηπτόμενοςI am a merchant-shipper as an excuseAristophanes [uses this phrase]. In reference to those making false excuses because of cowardice. For someone is introduced saying "when I am sent to war, I make the excuse of being a merchant-shipper"; inasmuch as…
- κ946ΚατεμπορεύομαιI traffic in[Used] with a genitive.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Dec 2015
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- added betacode, note, and keywords — Catharine Roth
- Translated — David Whitehead