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ἐμπολάω ἐμπολή

I.to get by barter or traffic, earn, Soph., Xen.:—Mid., βίοτον πολὺν ἐμπολόωντο they were getting much substance by traffic, Od.
2.to deal or traffic in a thing, to purchase, buy, Soph.:—metaph., ἐμπ. τὴν ἐμὴν φρένα to make profit of my mind, by dealing with me, id=Od.
II.absol. to deal as a merchant, traffic, Ar.:—metaph., ἠμποληκὼς τὰ πλεῖστ᾽ ἀμείνονα having dealt in most things with success, Aesch.

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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