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1 καπηλεύω
A to be a retail-dealer, drive a petty trade, Hdt.1.155, 2.35, Isoc.2.1, Nymphod.21, IG11(2).161 A16 (Delos, iii B. C.), BGU 1024 vii 23 (iv A. D.); δι' ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευ' drive a trade, chaffer with your vegetable food, E.Hipp. 953.II c. acc., sell by retail,τὸν ἕρπιν Hippon.51
.2 metaph., κ. τὰ πρήγματα, of Darius, Hdt.3.89; κ. τὰ μαθήματα sell learning by retail, hawk it about, Pl. Prt. 313d;κ. τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ 2 Ep.Cor.2.17
; so ἔοικεν οὐ καπηλεύσειν μάχην will not peddle in war, i. e. fight half-heartedly, A.Th. 545;κ. τῇ Χάριτι τὴν ἀμοιβήν Epicur.Sent.Vat.39
; κ. τὴν πολιτείαν traffic in grants of citizenship, D.C.60.17; κ. τῆς ὥρας ἄνθος or τὴν ὥραν, of prostitutes, Ph.2.394, 576; εἰρήνην πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Χρυσίου κ. Hdn.6.7.9; τύχη καπηλεύουσα.. τὸν βίον playing tricks with life, corrupting it, AP9.180 (Pall.).Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό) > καπηλεύω
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2 καπηλεύω
καπηλεύω (Aeschyl., Hdt. et al.; ins, pap; Philo, Virt. 112, Leg. ad Gai. 203; cp. Dio Chrys. 8, 9, subst; freq. of tavern-keeping) trade in, peddle, huckster (of retail trade; cp. the contrast καπηλεία–ἐμπορία Jos., C. Ap. 1, 61) τὶ someth., also fig. (Pla., Prot. 5, 313d οἱ τὰ μαθήματα καπηλεύοντες. Sim., Nicol. Dam.: 90 Fgm. 132, 2 Jac.; Iambl., Vi. Pyth. 34, 245; Philostrat., Vi. Apoll. 1, 13 τὴν σοφίαν καπηλεύειν) τὸν λόγον τ. θεοῦ 2 Cor 2:17 (Anon. Vi. Pla. p. 8, 48 Westerm. κάπηλος λόγων). Because of the tricks of small tradesmen (Dio Chrys. 14 [31], 37f; Lucian, Hermot. 59 φιλόσοφοι ἀποδίδονται τὰ μαθήματα ὥσπερ οἱ κάπηλοι, … δολώσαντες καὶ κακομετροῦντες; Is 1:22 οἱ κ. μίσγουσι τ. οἶνον ὕδατι) the word almost comes to mean adulterate (so Vulg., Syr., Goth.).—Pauly-W. X/2, 1888f.—B. 821. DELG s.v. κάπηλος. M-M. EDNT. TW. Spicq.
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