ἔμπορος

Ancient Greek

From ἐν- (en-, “on”) +‎ πόρος (póros, “journey”).

ἔμπορος • (émporos) m (genitive ἐμπόρου); second declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)

one who is on a journey: wayfarer, traveller
- 458 BCE, Aeschylus, The Libation Bearers 661
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 25
- 406 BCE, Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus 303
- 438 BCE, Euripides, Alcestis 999
merchant, trader
- 460 BCE – 420 BCE, Herodotus, Histories 2.39:
  τοῖσι μὲν ἂν ᾖ ἀγορὴ καὶ Ἕλληνές σφι ἔωσι ἐπιδήμιοι ἔμποροι, οἳ δὲ φέροντες ἐς τὴν ἀγορὴν ἀπ’ ὦν ἔδοντο
  toîsi mèn àn êi agorḕ kaì Héllēnés sphi éōsi epidḗmioi émporoi, hoì dè phérontes es tḕn agorḕn ap’ ôn édonto
  For some if there is a market and resident Greek merchants are there, they bring it into the market and sell it
- 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 6.31

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἔμπορος ho émporos	τὼ ἐμπόρω tṑ empórō	οἱ ἔμποροι hoi émporoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐμπόρου toû empórou	τοῖν ἐμπόροιν toîn empóroin	τῶν ἐμπόρων tôn empórōn
Dative	τῷ ἐμπόρῳ tôi empórōi	τοῖν ἐμπόροιν toîn empóroin	τοῖς ἐμπόροις toîs empórois
Accusative	τὸν ἔμπορον tòn émporon	τὼ ἐμπόρω tṑ empórō	τοὺς ἐμπόρους toùs empórous
Vocative	ἔμπορε émpore	ἐμπόρω empórō	ἔμποροι émporoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.