ἐμπολή: Difference between revisions

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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">trade, trade-goods, purchase, profit</b> (Pi., Att.).<br />Other forms: Arc. <b class="b3">ἰνπολα</b>, IVa<br />Compounds: Comp. <b class="b3">ἀπεμπολή</b> s. below. Note <b class="b3">ἐμπέλωρος ἀγορανόμος</b> H. (prob. for <b class="b3">ἐμπολ-</b>; diff. Chantraine, s. v.). - <b class="b3">ἐμπολαῖος</b> <b class="b2">belonging to trade</b>, surname of Hermes (Ar.), <b class="b3">ἐμπολεύς</b> [[buyer]] (AP; cf. Boßhardt Die Nomina auf <b class="b3">-ευς</b> 74). Denomin. verb <b class="b3">ἐμπολάω -άομαι</b>, impf. <b class="b3">ἠμπόλων</b>, aor. <b class="b3">ἠμπόλησα</b> (<b class="b3">ἐνεπόλησα</b> Is.), <b class="b3">ἠμπολήθην</b>, perf. <b class="b3">ἠμπόληκα</b> (<b class="b3">ἐμπεπόληκα</b> Luc.), <b class="b3">ἠμπόλημαι</b> [[trade]], [[buy]], [[sell]], [[win]] (Od.). Also with prefix: <b class="b3">ἀπ-</b>, <b class="b3">δι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἐξ-</b>, <b class="b3">παρ-</b>, <b class="b3">προσ-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">ἐμπόλημα</b> [[goods]], [[profit]] (S.), (<b class="b3">ἀπ-)ἐμπόλησις</b> (Hp., Poll.), <b class="b3">ἀπεμπολητής</b> [[seller]] (Lyc.); postverbal <b class="b3">ἀπεμπολήν ἀπαλλαγήν</b>, <b class="b3">πρᾶσιν</b>, <b class="b3">ἐμπορίαν</b> H.<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [639] <b class="b2">*kʷel-</b> [[turn]], [[move]]<br />Etymology: Also (<b class="b3">ἐξ-)ἐμπολέω</b> <b class="b2">id.</b> (Herod., J.). Cf. <b class="b3">ἐντολή</b>, <b class="b3">ἐντομή</b> etc. and so based on a verb <b class="b3">*ἐμπέλω</b>, <b class="b3">-ομαι</b>. One compares the iterative (with lengthened grade) <b class="b3">πωλέω</b> [[sell]]. <b class="b3">ἐμπολάω</b> is a denomin, as appears from the augmented and reduplicated forms. - Connection with <b class="b3">πέλομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ω</b> [[turn]], [[move]] is semantically possible; <b class="b3">ἐμπολή</b> would then be [[traffic]]. IE has an old word for <b class="b2">sell, earn etc.</b>, in several nominal derivv., e. g. Skt. <b class="b2">paṇa-</b> m. [[salary]] (with <b class="b2">paṇate</b> [[trade]], [[buy]]), Lith. <b class="b2">pel̃nas</b> [[wages]], [[salary]], OHG [[fāli]], OWNo. [[falr]] <b class="b2">sal(e)able</b>; one connects <b class="b3">πωλέω</b> separating <b class="b3">ἐμπολή</b>. See Schwyzer 720 n. 8. See on <b class="b3">ἐμπολή</b>, <b class="b3">ἐμπολάω</b> Chantraine, Rev. de phil. 66, 11ff. with diff. suggestions (<b class="b3">πελάζω</b>, <b class="b3">πέλας</b> etc.). - De Lamberterie argues for connection with <b class="b2">*kʷel-</b> and <b class="b3">πωλέομαι</b>, RPh 2, 1997, 159 and 172.

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