κάπηλος

kapelos

retail-dealer, huckster

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book XI 3
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919c4
919d5
920c3
Protagoras 3
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313c5
313d1
314a4
Republic 3
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Book II 2
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371d4
371d5
Book VII 1
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525c4
Statesman 3
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260c8
260d5
290a1
Gorgias 2
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517d7
518b7
Cratylus 1
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417b7
Sophist 1
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231d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάπηλος [ᾰ], ὁ(also ἡ, AP 9.180 (Pall.)), A. retail-dealer, huckster, Hdt. 1.94, 2.141, Sophr. 1, etc.; opp. ἔμπορος, Lys. 22.21, X. Cyr. 4.5.42, Pl. R. 371d, Prt. 314a; also opp. the producer (αὐτοπώλης), Id. Sph. 231d, Plt. 260c; applied to Darius, Hdt. 3.89; κ. ἀσπίδων, ὅπλων, a dealer in . . , Ar. Pax 447, 1209. 2. esp. tavern-keeper, Ar. Th. 347, Lys. Fr. 1, PMagd. 26.2 (iii B.C.), PTeb. 612(i/ii A. D.), Luc. Herm. 58, etc. 3. metaph., κ. πονηρίας dealer in petty roguery, D. 25.46. II. as Adj., ος, ον, = καπηλικός, βίος D.H. 9.25; esp. cheating, knavish, κ. προσφέρων τεχνήματα A. Fr. 322; κ. φρόνημα Com.Adesp. 867.

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