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|Definition=Ion.impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> πωλέεσκε <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.196</span>: fut. -ήσω <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>543</span>, <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.2.38</span>; Dor. 3pl. πωλησεῦντι <span class="title">IG</span>12(1).3.2 (Rhodes, i A.D.): aor. ἐπώλησα <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phil.</span>16</span>:—Pass., fut. in med. form πωλήσεται <span class="bibl">Eub.74.1</span>: <span class="bibl">2</span> fut. πεπωλήσεται <span class="bibl">Aen.Tact.10.19</span>: aor. ἐπωλήθην <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>260d</span>, prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>12.60.10:—[[sell]] or [[offer for sale]], opp. <b class="b3">ὠνεῖσθαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.165</span>, <span class="bibl">196</span>, etc.; opp. <b class="b3">ἀποδίδοσθαι</b> (of the actual sale), <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Smp.</span>8.21</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span> 2.5.5</span> (Pass.); <b class="b3">μετ' ἀβακίου καὶ τραπεζίου π. ἑαυτόν</b> [[sell]] oneself across the counter, <span class="bibl">Lys.<span class="title">Fr.</span>50</span>: c. gen. pretii, <b class="b3">ἐπώλεε ἐς Σάρδις χρημάτων μεγάλων</b> [[sold]] at a high price for exportation to Sardis, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.105</span>, cf. Ar. l.c.; <b class="b3">πωλέω οὐδενὸς χρήματος</b> refuse [[to sell]] it at any price, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.139</span>; τὰ ξύμπαντα τούτου ἑνὸς ἂν πωλοῖτο <span class="bibl">Th.2.60</span>; τῶν πόνων π. ἁμῖν πάντα τἀγάθ' οἱ θεοί <span class="bibl">Epich.287</span>; ἀργυρίου π. τι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span> 1.6.13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">τὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν μικροῦ λήμματος π</b>. <span class="bibl">D.11.18</span>; <b class="b3">ἔρωμαι ὁπόσου πωλεῖ</b>; ask what he wants for it, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.2.36</span>; π. δὶς πρὸς ἀργύριον <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.6.4</span> (Pass.); τὴν Ἀσίην πωλῶ πρὸς μύρα <span class="title">AP</span> 11.3; π. τινί τι <span class="bibl">Stratt.13.1</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Hier.</span>1.13</span> (Pass.); τι πρός τινας <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.80</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>741b</span>; ὑπὸ κήρυκος π. τὰ κοινά <span class="bibl">D.51.22</span>: abs., <b class="b2">carry on business, trade</b>, ἐν τῇ πόλει <span class="title">OGI</span>629.83 (Palmyra, ii A.D.); <b class="b3">π. πρός τινα</b> [[deal with]] one, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>722</span>; <b class="b3">π. πάλιν</b> [[retail]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>260d</span>:— Pass., [[to be sold]] or [[offered for sale]], εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span> 14.5</span>, cf. <span class="title">Berl.Sitzb.</span>1927.160 (Cyrene), <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.105</span>; of a person, [[to be sold up]], POxy.1477.3 (iii/iv A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">π. τέλη</b> [[let out]] the taxes, <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.119</span>; μέταλλα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>47.2</span>; ὠνάς <span class="title">SIG</span>284.28 (Erythrae, iv B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> [[sell]] or [[farm out]] offices, priesthoods, etc., [<b class="b3">τὰς ἀρχάς</b>] <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>62.1</span>; ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱερωσύνην τοῦ Διονύσου <span class="title">SIG</span> 1003.2 (Priene, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[sell]], i.e. [[give up]], [[betray]], τὰς γραφάς <span class="bibl">D. 58.35</span>; τὰ τῆς πόλεως <span class="bibl">Id.19.141</span>; τὰ οἴκοι <span class="bibl">Id.7.17</span>:—Pass., of persons, <b class="b2">to be bought and sold, betrayed</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>633</span>.</span>