καπηλεύω
καπηλεύω
κᾰπηλεύω,
fut. -εύσω
κάπηλος
to be a retail-dealer, Hdt.; διʼ ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευʼ drive a trade, chaffer with your vegetable food, Eur.
c. acc. to sell by retail, Hdt.:—metaph., καπηλεύειν μάχην to make a trade of war, Lat. cauponari bellum, Aesch.; καπηλεύουσα τὸν βίον playing tricks with life, corrupting it, Anth.; κ. τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ NTest.