Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐμπολάω (empolaō) to do business ^G:V

ἐμπολάω-άω,

imperfect ἠμπόλων [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[Refs 5th c.BC+]aorist ἠμπόλησα, but in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: perfect ἠμπόληκα [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle (see. below):—passive, aorist ἠμπολήθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect ἠμπόλημαι, Ionic dialect ἐμπ (ἐξ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—get by barter or traffic, once in [Refs 8th c.BC+]middle, βίοτον πολὺν ἐμπολάωόωντο they were getting much substance by traffic, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—active, get by sale, ἐξ ὧν [προβάτων etc.] ἐνεπόληλαν τετρακισχιλίας [δραχμάς] [Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, earn, procure, τό γ᾽ εὖ πράσσειν.. κέρδος ἐμπολάωᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 deal or trafficin, ἐμπολάωᾶτε τἀπὸ Σάρδεων ἤλεκτρον [Refs]; purchase, buy, [ἐμπολάωηθείς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 250 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, λαθραίαν ἐμπολάωωμένη Κύπριν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 ἐ. τὴν ἐμὴν φρένα make profit of my mind by dealing with me, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II absolutely, traffic, ἵν᾽ ἐμπολάωᾷ βέλτιον [ἐμπολάωῶ to the amount of 50 drachmae, [prev. work] 1201; οὐκέτ᾽ ἐμπολάωῶμεν οὐδ᾽ εἰς ἥμισυ [prev. author] “Th.” 452. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, deal or fare in any way, ἠμποληκότα τὰ πλεῖστ᾽ ἀμείνονα having dealt in most things with success, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κάλλιον ἐμπολάωήσει will fare better in health, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρ᾽ ἠμπόληκας ὥσπερ ἡ φάτις κρατε; [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III ἐμπολάωῶντο· ἐνεβάλλοντο, [Refs 5th c.AD+]