ἐμπόρια

A. trading-station, mart, factory, Hdt. 1.165, al., Th. 1.100, Ar. Av. 1523, IPE 12.47.9 (Olbia, i A. D.), etc.; προστάται τοῦ ἐ. Hdt. 2.178; ἐ. παρέχειν, of Corinth, Th. 1.13.

b. market-centre for a district which had no πόλις, SIG 880.22 (Macedonia, iii A. D.).

2. τὸ ἐ., at Athens, the Exchange, where the merchants resorted, δανείσασθαι Χρήματα ἐν τῷ ἐμπορίῶ D. 35.1, cf. 18.309; ἐκ τοὐμπορίου τινές foreign merchants, Diph. 17.3, cf. 43.9.

II. ἐμπόρια, τά, merchandise, X. Vect. 1.7.