ἐμπόρ-ιον, τό,
trading-station, mart, factory, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.165, +others, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.100, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1523, “IPE” 12.47.9 (Olbia, 1st c.AD), etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; προστάται τοῦ ἐ. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.178 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. παρέχειν, of Corinth, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b market-centre for a district which had no πόλις, [[ “SIG” 880.22 (Macedonia, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 τὸ ἐ., at Athens, the Exchange, where the merchants resorted, δανείσασθαι Χρήματα ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῶ [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.1, compare 18.309 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐκ τοὐμπορίου τινές foreign merchants, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Diphilus Comicus 17.3, compare 43.9. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II ἐμπόρια, τά, merchandise, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 1.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]