- ἔμπορος
- ἔμποροςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `who travels on a ship, passager' (Od.), `traveller' in gen. (B., trag.), usually `merchant' (Ion.-Att.; on the meaning beside κάπηλος, ναύκληρος Finkelstein ClassPhil. 30, 320ff.).Compounds: several compp., e. g. συν-, οἰν-, μικρ-έμπορος.Derivatives: ἐμπορία `(sea-, wholesale-)trade' (Hes.), ἐμπόριον `commercial town' (Ion.-Att.), ἐμπορικός `belonging to a merchant\/trade' (Stesich., Ion.-Att.; s. Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. grec 115); denomin. verb ἐμπορεύομαι `be ἔμπορος, travel, trade' (Ion-Att.), also `be (more) cunning' (2 Ep. Pet. 2, 3), with ἐμπόρευμα, -εῖον, -ευτικός.Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Hypostasis from ἐν πόρῳ (ὤν), "(be(ing) on travel"; s. πόρος and Porzig Satzinhalte 258. - Ngr. ἐμπορῶ `I can' stands for εὑπορῶ, s. Hatzidakis Glotta 22, 131f. (Unclear De Lamberterie, RPh 71, 1997, 159.)Page in Frisk: 1,508
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.