Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παλιγκάπηλος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλιγκάπηλος

Sense

  1. one who buys and sells again, a petty retailer, huckster

Examples

  • εἰ δὲ κάπηλόσ ἐστι πονηρίασ καὶ παλιγκάπηλοσ καὶ μεταβολεύσ, καὶ μόνον οὐ ζυγὰ καὶ στάθμ’ ἔχων πάνθ’ ὅσα πώποτ’ ἔπραξεν ἐπώλει, τί τοῦτον, ὦ μάται’, ἀκονᾷσ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 21-30, 54:1)

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

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