καπηλεύω
Alt. κα^πηλεύω,
Alt. φυτ. -εύσω
Etym. κάπηλος
I. "to be a retail-dealer", Hdt.; δι᾽ ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευ᾽ "drive a trade, chaffer" with your vegetable food, Eur.
II. 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.