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Webster 1913 Edition
Emporium
Em-po′ri-um
,Noun.
pl.
Emporiums
(#)
, L. Emporia
(#)
. 1.
A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country.
That wonderful
emporium
[Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill-built market town. Macaulay.
It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our
emporiums
, our theathers. Knox.
2.
(Physiol.)
The brain.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Emporium
EMPO'RIUM
,Noun.
1.
A place of merchandize; a town or city of trade; particularly, a city or town of extensive commerce, or in which the commerce of an extensive country centers, or to which sellers and buyers resort from different countries. Such are London, Amsterdam and Hamburg. New York will be an emporium.2.
in medicine, the common sensory in the brain.Definition 2024
emporium
emporium
English
Noun
emporium (plural emporiums or emporia)
- A market place or trading centre, particularly of an ancient city.
- 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin 2008, p. 28:
- Only where churchmen congregated or rulers established their emporia—licensed depots for the long-distance trade in luxuries—did any vestiges of urban life survive.
- 2007, John Darwin, After Tamerlane, Penguin 2008, p. 28:
- A shop that offers a wide variety of goods, often used facetiously.
- With a name like "The Wine and Spirits Emporium", no wonder the prices are so high.
- A department store.
- (obsolete) The brain.
Translations
a shop that offers a wide variety of goods
a department store
a market place or trading centre, particularly of an ancient city
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐμπορεῖον (emporeîon, “trading station”), from ἔμπορος (émporos, “merchant”, “traveller”, literally “incomer”), from ἐν (en, “in”) and πόρος (póros, “journey”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /emˈpo.ri.um/, [ɛmˈpɔ.ri.ũ]
Noun
emporium n (genitive emporiī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | emporium | emporia |
| genitive | emporiī | emporiōrum |
| dative | emporiō | emporiīs |
| accusative | emporium | emporia |
| ablative | emporiō | emporiīs |
| vocative | emporium | emporia |
References
- emporium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emporium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “emporium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- emporium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emporium in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press
- emporium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Polish
Etymology
From Latin emporium (“trading station, market town, market”); from Ancient Greek ἐμπορεῖον (emporeîon, “trading station”), from ἔμπορος (émporos, “merchant", "traveller", literally "incomer"”), from ἐν (en, “in”) and πόρος (póros, “journey”)
Noun
emporium n