ἐμπολ-άω,
imperfect ἠμπόλων [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 444, (ἀπ-) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 973 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1063: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἠμπόλησα, but in [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.43 ἐνεπόλησα (Scaliger for ἐνέπωλ-)] Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἠμπόληκα [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 978, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 367; late ἐμπεπόληκα 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Cat.” 1:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἠμπολήθην [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 250: ] Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἠμπόλημαι, Ionic dialect ἐμπ (ἐξ-) [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.1, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1036 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—get by barter or traffic, once in [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, in ] Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, βίοτον πολὺν ἐμπολόωντο they were getting much substance by traffic, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 15.456 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]:—active, get by sale, ἐξ ὧν [προβάτων etc.] ἐνεπόληλαν τετρακισχιλίας [δραχμάς] [[ 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator [same place], compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 7.5.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, earn, procure, τό γ᾽ εὖ πράσσειν.. κέρδος ἐμπολᾷ [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 93. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 deal or trafficin, ἐμπολᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤλεκτρον [[ [prev. author] “Ant.” 1037 ] Refs]; purchase, buy, [[ [prev. author] “OT” 1025, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 444, “Pax” 367, 563, etc.; οὐκ ἐλεύθερος ἀλλ᾽ ἐμποληθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 250 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, λαθραίαν ἐμπολωμένη Κύπριν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cretan dialect” 7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]