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λαχανοπώλης

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: λαχανοπώλης λαχανοπώλου

Structure: λαχανοπωλ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: pwle/w

Sense

  1. one who sells vegetables, a green-grocer;

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὡσ γὰρ τὸ τοῦ Καίσαροσ νόμισμα οὐκ ἔξεστιν ἀποδοκιμάσαι τῷ τραπεζίτῃ οὐδὲ τῷ λαχανοπώλῃ, ἀλλ’ ἂν δείξῃσ, θέλει οὐ θέλει, προέσθαι αὐτὸν δεῖ τὸ ἀντ’ αὐτοῦ πωλούμενον, οὕτωσ ἔχει καὶ ἐπὶ τῆσ ψυχῆσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 3:1)
  • οὐδὲ σύ, εἰ τούτου ἕνεκα ἐλήλυθασ πρὸσ ἐμέ, ὡσ πρὸσ φιλόσοφον ἐλήλυθασ, ἀλλ’ ὡσ πρὸσ λαχανοπώλην, ἀλλ’ ὡσ πρὸσ σκυτέα. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 10:4)
  • καὶ λοιπὸν μέμνησο, ὅτι πρὸσ σκυτέα ἀφῖξαι, πρὸσ λαχανοπώλην, οὐδενὸσ μεγάλου ἢ σεμνοῦ ἔχοντα τὴν ἐξουσίαν, κἂν αὐτὸ πολλοῦ πωλῇ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 48:1)

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

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