ἐμπόριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἔμπορος (émporos, “merchant”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /em.pó.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /emˈbo.ri.on/
Noun
ἐμπόρῐον • (empórĭon) n (genitive ἐμπορῐ́ου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ ἐμπόρῐον tò empórĭon |
τὼ ἐμπορῐ́ω tṑ emporĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἐμπόρῐᾰ tằ empórĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἐμπορῐ́ου toû emporĭ́ou |
τοῖν ἐμπορῐ́οιν toîn emporĭ́oin |
τῶν ἐμπορῐ́ων tôn emporĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἐμπορῐ́ῳ tōî emporĭ́ōi |
τοῖν ἐμπορῐ́οιν toîn emporĭ́oin |
τοῖς ἐμπορῐ́οις toîs emporĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ ἐμπόρῐον tò empórĭon |
τὼ ἐμπορῐ́ω tṑ emporĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ ἐμπόρῐᾰ tằ empórĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἐμπόρῐον empórĭon |
ἐμπορῐ́ω emporĭ́ō |
ἐμπόρῐᾰ empórĭă | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: emporium
Further reading
- “ἐμπόριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐμπόριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἐμπόριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐμπόριον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)