κάπηλος

A. retail-dealer, huckster, Hdt. 1.94, 2.141, Sophr. 1, etc.; opp. ἔμπορος, Lys. 22.21, X. Cyr. 4.5.42, Pl. R. 371d, Prt. 314a; also opp. the producer (αὐτοπώλης), Id. Sph. 231d, Plt. 260c; applied to Darius, Hdt. 3.89; κ. ἀσπίδων, ὅπλων, a dealer in . . , Ar. Pax 447, 1209.

2. esp. tavern-keeper, Ar. Th. 347, Lys. Fr. 1, PMagd. 26.2 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 612 (i/ii A. D.), Luc. Herm. 58, etc.

3. metaph., κ. πονηρίας dealer in pettyroguery, D. 25.46.

II. as Adj., ος, ον, = καπηλικός, βίος D.H. 9.25; esp. cheating, knavish, κ. προσφέρων τεχνήματα A. Fr. 322; κ. φρόνημα Com.Adesp. 867.