ἔμπορος

emporos

one who goes on ship-board as a passenger

Appears 18 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Protagoras 4
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313c5
313d1
319d3
314a4
Republic 4
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Book II 3
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371d7
371a11
371a14
Book VII 1
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525c4
Laws 3
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Book VIII 1
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831e6
Book XI 2
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919d6
918b6
Sophist 2
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231d5
224a7
Statesman 2
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267e7
290a1
Critias 1
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117e6
Gorgias 1
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517d7
Letters 1
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329e5

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.

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