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