κᾰπηλ-εύω,
to be a retail-dealer, drive a petty trade, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευ᾽
drive a trade, chaffer with your vegetable food, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II) with
accusative,
sell by retail, τὸν ἕρπιν [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
II.2)
metaphorically, κ. τὰ πρήγματα, of Darius, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ μαθήματα
sell learning
by retail, hawk it
about, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; so ἔοικεν οὐ καπηλεύσειν μάχην will not
peddle in war, i. e. fight half-heartedly, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. τὴν πολιτείαν
traffic in grants of citizenship, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. τῆς ὥρας ἄνθος or τὴν ὥραν, of prostitutes, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]; εἰρήνην πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Χρυσίου κ. [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τύχη καπηλεύουσα. τὸν βίον
playing tricks with life,
corrupting it, [
Refs 6th c.AD+]