ἔμπορος

emporos

one who goes on ship-board as a passenger

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Oeconomica 7
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Book II 7
Chapter 1 1345b7–1346a31

1345b30

Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1346b31
1347b5
1347b8
1350a25
1350a27
1352b17
Politics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1259a26
Book IV 1
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38

1291a16
Book VII 1
Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19

1327a17
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 88 837a30–837b7

837a35
Chapter 104 839a34–839b8

839b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔμπορος, ον, A. one who goes on ship-board as a passenger, Od. 2.319, 24.300. II. = ὁ ἐν πόρῳ ὤν, wayfarer, traveller, B. 17.36, A. Ch. 661, S. OC 25,303, E. Alc. 999 (lyr.). III. merchant, trader, Semon. 16, Hdt. 2.39, Th. 6.31, etc.; distd. from the retail-dealer (κάπηλος) by his making voyages and importing goods himself, Pl. Prt. 313d, R. 371a, Arist. Pol. 1291a16, Sch.Ar. Pl. 1156: metaph., ἔ. κακῶν A. Pers. 598; ἔ. βίου a trafficker in life, E. Hipp. 964; ἔ. περὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μαθήματα Pl. Sph. 231d; ὥρης ἔ. a dealer in beauty, AP 9.416 (Phil.); ἔ. γυναικῶν IG 14.2000. 2. as Adj., = ἐμπορικός, ναῦς ἔ. D.S. 5.12.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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