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|Definition=οῦ, ὁ, prop. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[seller]], [[public vendor]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Galb.</span>24</span>: but, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[poletes]], at [[Athens]] and elsewhere, [[official]]s who [[farm]]ed out [[tax]]es and other [[revenue]]s, sold [[confiscate]]d [[property]], and [[enter]]ed into [[contract]]s for [[public]] [[work]]s, IG12.36.7, al., <span class="bibl">Antipho 6.49</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>7.3</span>, <span class="bibl">47.2</span>; also at Rhodes, <span class="title">SIG</span>581.97 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τοὶ π. μισθωσάντω ἀναγράψαι τὸ ψάφισμα</b> ib.398.49 (Cos, iii B.C.); they also sold up the [[metic]]s who failed to [[pay]] their [[tax]], <span class="bibl">D.25.58</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> at [[Epidamnus]], an [[official]] who [[regulate]]d [[commercial]] [[dealing]]s with the [[neighbouring]] [[barbarian]]s, Plu.2.297f.</span>