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ἐμπορ-εύομαι , fut. -πορεύσομαι: aor. 1 ἐνεπορεύθην:—Med., aor. 1
2. abs., walk, Epich.53, Metag.10.
II. travel for traffic or business, “Χρηματισμοῦ ΧάρινPl.Lg.952e; εἰς Πόντον Chion Ep.7,8, cf. SIG1166 (Dodona): metaph., . εἰς ἰατρικήν inveigh against the art of healing, Hp.de Arte1.
2. to be a merchant, traffic, Th.7.13, X.Vect.3.3, etc.; “λόγοισινCom.Adesp.269: c. acc., trade in, “γῆνLXX Ge.34.21.
b. metaph., δίαιταν ἥντιν᾽ ἐμπορεύεται what manner of lite he leads, E.Fr.812.6; . τὴν φιλοσοφίαν to make a trade of it, Ph.2.486, Them.Or.23.298d, cf. J.AJ4.6.8; “πλήθη καλῶν γυναικῶνAth.13.569f; in bad sense, trade on, “τὴν λήθην τῶν δικαστῶνPh.2.536.
4. c. acc. pers., make gain of, overreach, cheat, “πλαστοῖς λόγοις ὑμᾶς2 Ep.Pet.2.3:—also in Act., Plb.38.12.10.
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    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 4.6.8
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    • Plato, Laws, 952e
    • Sophocles, Electra, 405
    • Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, 456
    • Thucydides, Histories, 7.13
    • Xenophon, Ways and Means, 3.3
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    • Polybius, Histories, 38.12.10
    • Aristophanes, Acharnians, 754
    • Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum, 7.2
    • New Testament, 2 Peter, 2.3
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 34.21
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