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πωλέω

πωλέω, πωλέω, sell (verb)

πωλ-έω, Ion. impf. 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 1(2).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.); μετʼ 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 τἀγάθʼ 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.).
      • 2 π. τέλη let out the taxes, Aeschin. 1.119; μέταλλα Arist. Ath. 47.2; ὠνάς SIG 284.28 (Erythrae, iv B.C.).
        • 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.).
      • 3 sell, i.e. give up, betray, τὰς γραφάς D. 58.35; τὰ τῆς πόλεως Id. 19.141; τὰ οἴκοι Id. 7.17:—Pass., of persons, to be bought and sold, betrayed, Ar. Pax 633.

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