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Ἐπευωνίζων · lowering a price (ε 2099) · Suda

Letters

Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε2099

ε2095emptied out [filth]
ε2096was raising the price
ε2097they were firing [at]
ε2098longed-for
ε2099lowering a price
ε2100they shouted assent
ε2101makes a vow
ε2102was shown forth
ε2103piled on

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2099

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Ἐπευωνίζων

lowering a price

Translated by Emily Rossow28 Sep 2006Vetting: high5 revisions

Christianity
definition
dialects, grammar, and etymology
economics
historiography
religion
+1
- trade and manufacture

4 words

Translation

[Meaning he] reaping profit.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπευωνίζων· κερδαίνων.

Betacode

*)epeuwni/zwn: kerdai/nwn.

Notes

Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is present participle, nominative masculine singular, of the verb e)peuwni/zw. It must be quoted from somewhere; Theodoridis on Photius s.v. suggests Basil of Caesarea (PG 29.269b) but there are several other possibilities (in e.g. Plutarch, Philo Judaeus, Cassius Dio).
The gloss assumes a (common-sense) principle that lowering the price increases sales volume.

Neighbouring entries

ε2097Ἐπετοξάζοντοthey were firing [at]ε2098Ἐπευκτήlonged-for ε2099Ἐπευωνίζωνlowering a price ε2100Ἐπευφήμησανthey shouted assent ε2101Ἐπεύχεταιmakes a vow

Revision history5 revisions · last 29 Aug 2013

29 Aug 2013expanded note; more keywords — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2012Revised — David Whitehead
28 Sep 2006added another keyword — William Hutton
28 Sep 2006augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics; raised status — David Whitehead
28 Sep 2006added note and keywords, cosmetics — William Hutton
28 Sep 2006Translated — Emily Rossow

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπευωνίζων (Adler number epsilon 2099), trans. Emily Rossow, 28 Sep 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2099

Translation by Emily Rossow for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗