καπηλεύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">to be a retail-dealer, drive a petty trade</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.155</span>, <span class="bibl">2.35</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.2.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Nymphod.21</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>11(2).161 <span class="title">A</span>16 (Delos, iii B. C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1024 vii 23</span> (iv A. D.); <b class="b3">δι' ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευ</b>' [[drive a trade]], [[chaffer]] with your vegetable food, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>953</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> c. acc., [[sell by retail]], τὸν ἕρπιν <span class="bibl">Hippon.51</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">κ. τὰ πρήγματα</b>, of Darius, <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.89</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὰ μαθήματα</b> [[sell]] learning [[by retail]], [[hawk]] it [[about]], <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Prt.</span>313d</span>; κ. τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>2.17</span>; so <b class="b3">ἔοικεν οὐ καπηλεύσειν μάχην</b> will not [[peddle in]] war, i. e. fight half-heartedly, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 545</span>; κ. τῇ Χάριτι τὴν ἀμοιβήν <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.Vat.</span>39</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τὴν πολιτείαν</b> [[traffic in]] grants of citizenship, <span class="bibl">D.C.60.17</span>; <b class="b3">κ. τῆς ὥρας ἄνθος</b> or <b class="b3">τὴν ὥραν</b>, of prostitutes, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.394</span>,<span class="bibl">576</span>; <b class="b3">εἰρήνην πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Χρυσίου κ</b>. <span class="bibl">Hdn.6.7.9</span>; <b class="b3">τύχη καπηλεύουσα… τὸν βίον</b> [[playing tricks with]] life, [[corrupting]] it, <span class="title">AP</span>9.180 (Pall.).</span>