Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

καπηλικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: καπηλικός καπηλική καπηλικόν

Structure: καπηλικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ka/phlos

Sense

  1. of or for a retail dealer
  2. like a petty trader, knavish, vamped up for sale

Examples

  • καὶ γὰρ τὸν πλοῦτον πολλάκισ τιθέασι νομίσματοσ πλῆθοσ, διὰ τὸ περὶ τοῦτ’ εἶναι τὴν χρηματιστικὴν καὶ τὴν καπηλικήν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1 122:2)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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