μετάβολος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A changeable, Plu.2.428b, Ptol.Tetr.96.    II as Subst., = μεταβολεύς 1, huckster, retail dealer, opp. ἔμπορος, GDI iv p.876 (Chios, prob. from Erythrae, iv B. C.), cf. PRev.Laws 48.3 (iii B. C.), LXX Is.23.2,3, PTeb.116.20 (ii B. C.), Sch.Ar.Pax446; τοὶ μ. τοὶ ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν SIG1000.21 (Cos, i B. C.): as Adj., ἱματιοπῶλαι μ. retail clothes-dealers, OGI629.83 (Palmyra, ii A. D.); μ. ἁλιεῖς Ostr.1449 (ii A. D.).