πωλέω
οὐκ ἔστι λύπης, ἄν περ ὀρθῶς τις σκοπῇ, ἄλγημα μεῖζον τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώπου φύσει → amongst the natural ills of man there is, if one but look at it aright, no greater pain than grief
English (LSJ)
Ion.impf.
A πωλέεσκε Hdt.1.196: fut. -ήσω Ar.Fr.543, X. Cyr.6.2.38; Dor. 3pl. πωλησεῦντι IG12(1).3.2 (Rhodes, i A.D.): aor. ἐπώλησα Plu.Phil.16:—Pass., fut. in med. form πωλήσεται Eub.74.1: 2 fut. πεπωλήσεται Aen.Tact.10.19: aor. ἐπωλήθην Pl.Plt.260d, prob. in IG12.60.10:—sell or offer for sale, opp. ὠνεῖσθαι, Hdt.1.165, 196, etc.; opp. ἀποδίδοσθαι (of the actual sale), X.Smp.8.21, cf. Mem. 2.5.5 (Pass.); μετ' ἀβακίου καὶ τραπεζίου π. ἑαυτόν sell oneself across the counter, Lys.Fr.50: c. gen. pretii, ἐπώλεε ἐς Σάρδις χρημάτων μεγάλων sold at a high price for exportation to Sardis, Hdt.8.105, cf. Ar. l.c.; πωλέω οὐδενὸς χρήματος refuse to sell it at any price, Hdt.3.139; τὰ ξύμπαντα τούτου ἑνὸς ἂν πωλοῖτο Th.2.60; τῶν πόνων π. ἁμῖν πάντα τἀγάθ' οἱ θεοί Epich.287; ἀργυρίου π. τι X.Mem. 1.6.13, etc.; τὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν μικροῦ λήμματος π. D.11.18; ἔρωμαι ὁπόσου πωλεῖ; ask what he wants for it, X.Mem.1.2.36; π. δὶς πρὸς ἀργύριον Thphr.HP9.6.4 (Pass.); τὴν Ἀσίην πωλῶ πρὸς μύρα AP 11.3; π. τινί τι Stratt.13.1, cf. X.Hier.1.13 (Pass.); τι πρός τινας Hdt.9.80, Pl.Lg.741b; ὑπὸ κήρυκος π. τὰ κοινά D.51.22: abs., carry on business, trade, ἐν τῇ πόλει OGI629.83 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); π. πρός τινα deal with one, Ar.Ach.722; π. πάλιν retail, Pl.Plt.260d:— Pass., to be sold or offered for sale, εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα Hom.Epigr. 14.5, cf. Berl.Sitzb.1927.160 (Cyrene), Hdt.8.105; of a person, to be sold up, POxy.1477.3 (iii/iv A.D.). 2 π. τέλη let out the taxes, Aeschin.1.119; μέταλλα Arist.Ath.47.2; ὠνάς SIG284.28 (Erythrae, iv B.C.). b sell or farm out offices, priesthoods, etc., [τὰς ἀρχάς] Arist.Ath.62.1; ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱερωσύνην τοῦ Διονύσου SIG 1003.2 (Priene, ii B.C.). 3 sell, i.e. give up, betray, τὰς γραφάς D. 58.35; τὰ τῆς πόλεως Id.19.141; τὰ οἴκοι Id.7.17:—Pass., of persons, to be bought and sold, betrayed, Ar.Pax633.
