πωλητής

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A. seller, Plu. Galb. 24: but,
2. at Athens and elsewhere, officials who farmed out taxes and other revenues, sold confiscated property, and entered into contracts for public works, IG 12.36.7, al., Antipho 6.49, Arist. Ath. 7.3, 47.2; also at Rhodes, SIG 581.97 (ii B.C.); τοὶ π. μισθωσάντω ἀναγράψαι τὸ ψάφισμα ib.398.49 (Cos, iii B.C.); they also sold up the metics who failed to pay their tax, D. 25.58.
3. at Epidamnus, an official who regulated commercial dealings with the neighbouring barbarians, Plu. 2.297f.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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