καπηλικός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[of]] or <b class="b2">for a</b> κάπηλος, ζυγόν <span class="bibl">Dinol. 2</span> (fort. <b class="b3">καπανικόν</b>) ; ἀργύρωμα <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).110 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. 111; [[mercenary]], ἦθος <span class="bibl">M.Ant.4.28</span>; σοφιστής <span class="bibl">Poll.4.48</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ -ική</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τέχνη</b>), = [[καπηλεία]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>223d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1257a18</span>: <b class="b3">καπηλικόν, τό</b>, <b class="b2">campfollowers, sutlers</b> of an army, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span>2.1</span>; but also, <b class="b2">tax on retailtraders</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1237</span> (iii/ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">like a petty trader, knavish, cozening</b>, κ. μέτρα φιλεῦσα <span class="title">AP</span>9.229 (Marc. Arg.); ὕθλος <span class="bibl">Porph.<span class="title">Chr.</span> 49</span>. Adv. <b class="b3">-κῶς, ἔχειν</b> to be <b class="b2">vamped up for sale</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>1063</span>; τὰ πράγματα κ. διανέμων Plu.2.369c; <b class="b2">in a mercenary spirit</b>, Gal.14.216: Comp. -ώτερον Numen. ap. <span class="bibl">Eus.<span class="title">PE</span>14.8</span>.</span>