ἐμπορικός

A. of or for commerce, mercantile, οἶκος Stesich. 80; ἐ. τέχνη or ἐ. alone, = ἐμπορία 1.1, Pl. Euthphr. 14e, Sph. 223d, al.; ἐ.,τά, Id. Lg. 842d; ἐ. δίκαι Arist. Ath. 59.5, D. 7.12; κατὰ τοὺς ἐ. νόμους Id. 35.3: ἐ. συμβολαῖα ib.47; τὰ ἐ. Χρήματα money to be used in trade, ib.49; ἡ μνᾶ ἡ ἐ. the mina of commerce, IG 22.1013.34 (ii B. C.); ἐμπορικόν,τό, the class of merchant-seamen, Arist. Pol. 1291b24; with an aptitude for trade, παῖς Lib. Decl. 33.7: Comp. ‐ώτερος Ptol. Tetr. 66: ‐κοί,οἱ, camp-traders, sutlers, Arr. Tact. 2.1.

2. imported, foreign, ἐ. χρήματα διεμπολᾶν Ar. Ach. 974; φόρτος Plu. Lyc. 9.

3. διήγημα ἐ. a traveller's tale, i. e. a romance, Plb. 4.39.11.

II. Adv. ‐κῶς in mercantile fashion, Str. 8.6.16.