κηροπώλης
From LSJ
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
κηροπώλου, ὁ, wax-chandler, Glossaria.
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)].
