ἐμπορία

emporia

trading-station, mart, factory; commerce

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Oeconomica 4
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Book II 4
Chapter 1 1345b7–1346a31

1346a1
1346a7

Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1348b21
1351a22
Politics 4
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Book I 2
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1258b22
1259a25
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38

1291a5
Book VI 1
Chapter 5 1319b30–1320b17

1320a39

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐμπορία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (ἔμπορος) A. commerce (acc. to Arist. Pol. 1258b22, of three kinds, ναυκληρία, φορτηγία, παράστασις (qq. vv.)), mostly used of commerce or trade by sea (cf. ἔμπορος III), Hes. Op. 646, Thgn. 1166, Simon. 127, etc.; ἐμπορίαν ποιεῖσθαι Isoc. 2.1; ἐμπορίας οὐκ οὔσης Th. 1.2; ἐὰν κατὰ θάλατταν ἡ ἐ. γένηται Pl. R. 371a; κατʼ ἐμπορίην, Att. -ίαν, for trade-purposes, Hdt. 3.139, Simon. l. c., Isoc. 17.4, etc.; ἐμπορίας ἕνεκα or -κεν, Th. 1.7, 6.2; πρὸς ἐμπορίαν Ar. Av. 718: pl., τὰς ἐ. τὰς κερδαλέως ib.594 (anap.); περὶ τὰς ἐ. διατρίβειν Arist. Pol. 1291a5, cf. D. 56.8. 2. a trade or business, AP 6.63.8 (Damoch.), Ev.Matt. 22.5. 3. errand, business, E. Hyps.Fr. 5.11 (anap.), Luc. Scyth. 4; journeying, πενία ἀζημίωτος ἐ. Secund. Sent. 10. II. merchandise, X. Vect. 3.2, AP 7.500 (Asclep.); αὑτοῦ τὴν ἐ. ἔφασκεν εἶναι Lys. 32.25; ἐπὶ τῇ ἐμπορίᾳ ἢν ἦγεν ἐν τῇ . . νηΐ Test. ap. D. 35.23.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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