propola

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prŏpōla: (prōpōla, Lucil.
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v. infra), ae, m., = προπώλης>, a forestaller, a retailer, huckster (class.): sicuti cum primus ficos propola recentes protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 38: panis et vinum a propolā, atque de cupā, Cic. Pis. 27, 67.— As adj., Inscr. Fabr. p. 731, n. 450.