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 οἱ ἄνθρωποι κάλλει καὶ μεγέθει διαφέροντεσ, ἁπλοῖ δὲ καὶ οὐ καπηλικοί· (Strabo, Geography, Book 11, chapter 4 6:1)

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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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