ἐμπόριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἔμπορος (émporos, “merchant”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /em.pó.ri.on/ → /emˈpo.ri.on/ → /emˈbo.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /em.pó.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /emˈpo.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /emˈbo.ri.on/

Noun

ἐμπόρῐον • (empórion) n (genitive ἐμπορῐ́ου); second declension

1. trading station, mart, factory
2. market centre for a district without a city

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ ἐμπόρῐον; τοῦ ἐμπορῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἐμπόρῐον tò empórion	τὼ ἐμπορῐ́ω tṑ emporíō	τᾰ̀ ἐμπόρῐᾰ tà empória
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπορῐ́ου toû emporíou	τοῖν ἐμπορῐ́οιν toîn emporíoin	τῶν ἐμπορῐ́ων tôn emporíōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπορῐ́ῳ tôi emporíōi	τοῖν ἐμπορῐ́οιν toîn emporíoin	τοῖς ἐμπορῐ́οις toîs emporíois
Accusative	τὸ ἐμπόρῐον tò empórion	τὼ ἐμπορῐ́ω tṑ emporíō	τᾰ̀ ἐμπόρῐᾰ tà empória
Vocative	ἐμπόρῐον empórion	ἐμπορῐ́ω emporíō	ἐμπόρῐᾰ empória
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)