πορθμεῖον
ἠργάζετο τῷ σώματι μισθαρνοῦσα τοῖς βουλομένοις αὐτῇ πλησιάζειν → she lived as a prostitute letting out her person for hire to those who wished to enjoy her, she worked with her body by hiring herself out to anyone who wanted to have sex with her
English (LSJ)
Ion. πορθμ-ήϊον, τό,
A place for crossing, passage, ferry, πορθμήϊα Κιμμέρια (where it is pr.n.) Hdt.4.12,45. II passage-boat, ferry-boat, Id.7.25, X.HG5.1.23, Antiph.86.4, Luc.DMort.10.1; πορθμείων ὅρμου ὅρος IG12.890. III ferryman's fee, Call.Fr.110, Luc.DMort.22.1 (pl.); τὸ εἰς Ῥήνειαν π. Inscr.Delos 442A153(ii B.C.). IV landing-place, Wilcken Chr.392.10(ii A.D.), etc. [This word and its cognates are sts. written προθ-in Pap., e.g.POxy.1421.6(iii A.D.).]
German (Pape)
[Seite 683] τό, ion. πορθμήϊον, Ort zum Uebersetzen; Κιμμέρια, Her. 4, 12. 45, Eigenname geworden. – Schiff zum Uebersetzen, Frachtschiff, Fähre, Her. 7, 25 Xen. Hell. 5, 1, 23 Poll. 3, 42, 3 u. öfter, wie Strab., Plut. u. oft bei Luc. – Auch = Fährgeld, Luc. D. Mort. 22, 1.
