III. merchant, trader, Semon. 16, Hdt.2.39, Th.6.31, etc.; distd. from the retail-dealer (κάπηλος) by his making voyages and importing goods himself, Pl.Prt.313d, R.371a, Arist.Pol.1291a16, Sch.Ar.Pl.1156: metaph., “ἔ. κακῶν” A.Pers.598; ἔ. βίου a trafficker in life, E.Hipp.964; “ἔ. περὶ τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς μαθήματα” Pl.Sph.231d; ὥρης ἔ. a dealer in beauty, AP9.416 (Phil.); “ἔ. γυναικῶν” IG14.2000.
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