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πωλέω 1

1.to exchange or barter goods, to sell or offer for sale, Hdt., attic; c. gen. pretii, ἐς Σάρδις χρημάτων μεγάλων π. to sell at a high price for exportation to Sardis, Hdt.; ἐπώλεε οὐδενὸς χρήματος refused to sell it at any price, id=Hdt.; ἐρέσθαι ὁπόσου πωλεῖ to ask what he wants for it, Xen.; absol., π. πρός τινα to deal with one, Ar.
2.π. τέλη to let out the taxes, Lat. locare, Aeschin.
3.to sell, i. e. give up, betray, Dem.:—of persons, to be bought and sold, Ar.

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