κηροπώλης
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English (LSJ)
ου, ὁ, A wax-chandler, Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1434] ὁ, Wachshändler.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κηροπώλης: -ου, ὁ, ὁ πωλητὴς λαμπάδων ἐκ κηροῦ, Γλωσσ.· κηροπωλεῖον, τό, τὸ ἐργαστήριον αὐτοῦ, Θεοφάν. Κοντιν. 420, 15.
Greek Monolingual
ο (ΑΜ κηροπώλης)
ο πωλητής κεριού
νεοελλ.-μσν.
ο πωλητής κεριών ή λαμπάδων.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < κηρός + -πώλης (< πωλῶ)].
