κάπηλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ὁ (also ἡ, AP9.180 (Pall.)),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[retail]]-[[dealer]], [[huckster]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] 1.94, 2.141, Sophr.1, etc.; opp. [[ἔμπορος]], Lys.22.21, X.Cyr.4.5.42, Pl.R.371d, Prt.314a; also opp. the [[producer]] ([[αὐτοπώλης]]), Id.Sph. 231d, Plt.260c; applied to [[Darius]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.89; κάπηλος ἀσπίδων, κάπηλος ὅπλων, a [[dealer]] in... Ar.Pax447, 1209.<br><span class="bld">2</span> esp. [[tavern keeper]], Ar.Th.347, Lys.Fr.1, PMagd.26.2 (iii B.C.), PTeb.612(i/ii A. D.), Luc.Herm.58, etc.<br><span class="bld">3</span> metaph., κάπηλος [[πονηρία]]ς = [[dealer]] in [[petty]] [[roguery]], D.25.46.<br><span class="bld">II</span> as adjective, ος, ον, = [[καπηλικός]], [[βίος]] D.H.9.25; esp. [[cheating]], [[knavish]], κ. προσφέρων τεχνήματα A.Fr.322; κάπηλον [[φρόνημα]] Com.Adesp.867.