πωλέω
πωλ-έω, Ion. impf.
A). πωλέεσκε Hdt. 1.196 : fut.
-ήσω Ar. Fr. 543 ,
X. Cyr. 6.2.38 ; Dor. 3 pl.
πωλησεῦντι IG 12(1).3.2 (Rhodes, i A.D.): aor.
ἐπώλησα Plu. Phil. 16 :— Pass., fut. in med. form
πωλήσεται Eub. 74.1 :
2 fut.
πεπωλήσεται Aen.Tact. 10.19 : aor.
ἐπωλήθην Pl. Plt. 260d , prob. in
IG 12.60.10 :—
sell or
offer for sale, opp.
ὠνεῖσθαι,
Hdt. 1.165 ,
196 , etc.; opp.
ἀποδίδοσθαι (of the actual sale),
X. Smp. 8.21 , cf.
Mem. 2.5.5 ( Pass.);
μετ’ ἀβακίου καὶ τραπεζίου π. ἑαυτόν sell oneself across the counter,
Lys. Fr. 50 : c. gen. pretii,
ἐπώλεε ἐς Σάρδις χρημάτων μεγάλων sold at a high price for exportation to Sardis,
Hdt. 8.105 , cf.
Ar. l.c.;
πωλέω οὐδενὸς χρήματος refuse
to sell it at any price,
Hdt. 3.139 ;
τὰ ξύμπαντα τούτου ἑνὸς ἂν πωλοῖτο Th. 2.60 ;
τῶν πόνων π. ἁμῖν πάντα τἀγάθ’ οἱ θεοί Epich. 287 ;
ἀργυρίου π. τι X. Mem. 1.6.13 , etc.;
τὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν μικροῦ λήμματος π.
D. 11.18 ;
ἔρωμαι ὁπόσου πωλεῖ; ask what he wants for it,
X. Mem. 1.2.36 ;
π. δὶς πρὸς ἀργύριον Thphr. HP 9.6.4 ( Pass.);
τὴν Ἀσίην πωλῶ πρὸς μύρα AP 11.3 ;
π. τινί τι Stratt. 13.1 , cf.
X. Hier. 1.13 ( Pass.);
τι πρός τινας Hdt. 9.80 ,
Pl. Lg. 741b ;
ὑπὸ κήρυκος π. τὰ κοινά D. 51.22 : abs.,
carry on business, trade,
ἐν τῇ πόλει OGI 629.83 (Palmyra, ii A.D.);
π. πρός τινα deal with one,
Ar. Ach. 722 ;
π. πάλιν retail,
Pl. Plt. 260d :— Pass.,
to be sold or
offered for sale,
εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα Hom. Epigr. 14.5 , cf.
Berl.Sitzb. 1927.160 (Cyrene),
Hdt. 8.105 ; of a person,
to be sold up, POxy. 1477.3 (iii/iv A.D.).
b). sell or
farm out offices, priesthoods, etc.,[
τὰς ἀρχάς]
Arist. Ath. 62.1 ;
ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱερωσύνην τοῦ Διονύσου SIG 1003.2 (Priene, ii B.C.).
ShortDef
to exchange; to sell
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">πωλ-έω</span>, Ion. impf. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">πωλέεσκε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.196/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.196 </a> : fut. <span class="quote greek">-ήσω</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:543" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:543/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 543 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:2:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:6:2:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 6.2.38 </a>; Dor. 3 pl. <span class="quote greek">πωλησεῦντι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(1).3.2 </span> (Rhodes, i A.D.): aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐπώλησα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg027:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg027:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phil.</span> 16 </a> :— Pass., fut. in med. form <span class="quote greek">πωλήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:74:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:74.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 74.1 </a> : <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:2/canonical-url/"> 2 </a> fut. <span class="quote greek">πεπωλήσεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0058.tlg001.perseus-grc1:10.19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aen.Tact.</span> 10.19 </a> : aor. <span class="quote greek">ἐπωλήθην</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:260d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:260d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 260d </a> , prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12.60.10 </span>:—<span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sell</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">offer for sale</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ὠνεῖσθαι</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:165" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.165/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.165 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:196" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:196/canonical-url/"> 196 </a>, etc.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἀποδίδοσθαι</span> (of the actual sale), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg004.perseus-grc1:8.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Smp.</span> 8.21 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:5:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:2:5:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 2.5.5 </a> ( Pass.); <span class="foreign greek">μετ’ ἀβακίου καὶ τραπεζίου π. ἑαυτόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sell</span> oneself across the counter, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:50" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg036:50/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 50 </a>: c. gen. pretii, <span class="foreign greek">ἐπώλεε ἐς Σάρδις χρημάτων μεγάλων</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sold</span> at a high price for exportation to Sardis, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.105 </a>, cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> </span> l.c.; <span class="foreign greek">πωλέω οὐδενὸς χρήματος</span> refuse <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to sell</span> it at any price, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.139 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ ξύμπαντα τούτου ἑνὸς ἂν πωλοῖτο</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.60 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τῶν πόνων π. ἁμῖν πάντα τἀγάθ’ οἱ θεοί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:287" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0521.tlg001:287/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Epich.</span> 287 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀργυρίου π. τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:6:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:6:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.6.13 </a> , etc.; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ σφῶν αὐτῶν μικροῦ λήμματος π</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc1:18" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg011.perseus-grc1:18/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 11.18 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἔρωμαι ὁπόσου πωλεῖ</span>; ask what he wants for it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:36" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:2:36/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 1.2.36 </a>; <span class="quote greek">π. δὶς πρὸς ἀργύριον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:6:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:9:6:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 9.6.4 </a> ( Pass.); <span class="quote greek">τὴν Ἀσίην πωλῶ πρὸς μύρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.3 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">π. τινί τι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0508.tlg001:13:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0508.tlg001:13.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Stratt.</span> 13.1 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hier.</span> 1.13 </a> ( Pass.); <span class="quote greek">τι πρός τινας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:80" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9.80/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 9.80 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:741b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:741b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 741b </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὑπὸ κήρυκος π. τὰ κοινά</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg051.perseus-grc1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg051.perseus-grc1:22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 51.22 </a> : abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">carry on business, trade</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐν τῇ πόλει</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 629.83 </span> (Palmyra, ii A.D.); <span class="foreign greek">π. πρός τινα</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">deal with</span> one, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:722" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg001.perseus-grc1:722/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ach.</span> 722 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">π. πάλιν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">retail</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:260d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:260d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 260d </a>:— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be sold</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">offered for sale</span>, <span class="quote greek">εἰν ἀγορῇ πωλεύμενα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg003:14:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg003:14.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 14.5 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Berl.Sitzb.</span> 1927.160 </span> (Cyrene), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:105" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.105/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.105 </a>; of a person, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be sold up,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">POxy.</span> 1477.3 </span> (iii/iv A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">π. τέλη</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">let out</span> the taxes, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:119" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg001.perseus-grc1:119/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 1.119 </a>; <span class="quote greek">μέταλλα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:47:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:47.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 47.2 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ὠνάς</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 284.28 </span> (Erythrae, iv B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sell</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">farm out</span> offices, priesthoods, etc.,[<span class="foreign greek">τὰς ἀρχάς</span>] <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:62:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:62.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 62.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπὶ τοῖσδε πωλοῦμεν τὴν ἱερωσύνην τοῦ Διονύσου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 1003.2 </span> (Priene, ii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sell</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">give up, betray</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὰς γραφάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg058.perseus-grc1:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg058.perseus-grc1:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 58.35 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ τῆς πόλεως</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg019.perseus-grc1:141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 19.141 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὰ οἴκοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg007.perseus-grc1:17" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg007.perseus-grc1:17/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.17 </a> :— Pass., of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be bought and sold, betrayed</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:633" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg005.perseus-grc1:633/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pax</span> 633 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}