καπηλικός

A. of or for a κάπηλος, ζυγόν Dinol. 2 (fort. καπανικόν); ἀργύρωμα IG 11(2).110 (Delos, iii B.C.), cf. 111; mercenary, ἦθος M.Ant. 4.28; σοφιστής Poll. 4.48; ἡ ‐ική (sc. τέχνη), = καπηλεία, Pl. Sph. 223d, Arist. Pol. 1257a18: καπηλικόν,τό, campfollowers, sutlers of an army, Arr. Tact. 2.1; but also, tax on retailtraders, BGU 1237 (iii/ii B.C.).

2. like a petty trader, knavish, cozening, κ. μέτρα φιλεῦσα AP 9.229 (Marc. Arg.); ὕθλος Porph. Chr. 49. Adv. ‐κῶς, ἔχειν to be vamped up for sale, Ar. Pl. 1063; τὰ πράγματα κ. διανέμων Plu. 2.369c; in a mercenary spirit, Gal. 14.216: Comp. ‐ώτερον Numen. ap. Eus. PE 14.8.