ἐμπολάω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=impf. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> ἠμπόλων <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>444</span>, (ἀπ-) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>973</span>: fut. -ήσω <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1063</span>: aor. [[ἠμπόλησα]], but in <span class="bibl">Is.11.43</span> [[ἐνεπόλησα]] (Scaliger for <b class="b3">ἐνέπωλ-</b>): pf. ἠμπόληκα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>978</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>367</span>; late ἐμπεπόληκα <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Cat.</span>1</span>:—Med. (v. infr.):—Pass., aor. ἠμπολήθην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>250</span>: pf. [[ἠμπόλημαι]], Ion. [[ἐμπ]] (ἐξ-) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.1</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1036</span>:—[[get by barter]] or [[traffic]], once in Hom., in Med., <b class="b3">βίοτον πολὺν ἐμπολόωντο</b> they [[were getting]] much substance [[by traffic]], <span class="bibl">Od.15.456</span>:—Act., [[get by sale]], <b class="b3">ἐξ ὧν</b> [[[προβάτων]] etc.] <b class="b3">ἐνεπόληλαν τετρακισχιλίας</b> ([[δραχμάς]]) Is. [[l.c.]], cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.5.4</span>: hence, [[earn]], [[procure]], τό γ' εὖ πράσσειν . . κέρδος ἐμπολᾷ <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>93</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[deal]] or [[trafficin]], ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤλεκτρον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1037</span>; [[purchase]], [[buy]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OT</span>1025</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>444</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pax</span>367</span>,<span class="bibl">563</span>, etc.; οὐκ ἐλεύθερος ἀλλ' ἐμποληθείς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>250</span>:—Med., λαθραίαν ἐμπολωμένη Κύπριν E.<span class="title">Cret.</span>7. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">ἐ. τὴν ἐμὴν φρένα</b> [[make profit of]] my mind [[by dealing]] with me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span> 1063</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> abs., [[traffic]], ἵν' ἐμπολᾷ βέλτιον <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pax</span>448</span>; <b class="b3">νυνὶ δὲ πεντήκοντα δραχμῶν ἐμπολῶ</b> to the amount of <span class="bibl">50</span> drachmae, ib.<span class="bibl">1201</span>; οὐκέτ' ἐμπολῶμεν οὐδ' εἰς ἥμισυ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>452</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[deal]] or [[fare]] in any way, <b class="b3">ἠμποληκότα τὰ πλεῖστ' ἀμείνονα</b> [[having dealt in]] most things with success, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>631</span>; <b class="b3">κάλλιον ἐμπολήσει</b> [[will fare]] better [[in health]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>4.49</span>; <b class="b3">ἆρ' ἠμπόληκας ὥσπερ ἡ φάτις κρατεῖ</b>; <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span> 978</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἐμπολῶντο· ἐνεβάλλοντο</b>, Hsch.</span>