μετάβολ-ος,ον,
A. changeable, Plu. 2.428b , Ptol. Tetr. 96 .
II. asSubst., = μεταβολεύς
1 ,huckster, retail dealer, opp.ἔμπορος,GDIiv p.876 (Chios, prob. from Erythrae,iv B. C.), cf. PRev.Laws 48.3
(iii B. C.), LXX Is. 23.2 , 3 , PTeb. 116.20
(ii B. C.), Sch. Ar. Pax 446 ; τοὶ μ. τοὶ ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν
SIG 1000.21
(Cos,i B. C.): asAdj.,ἱματιοπῶλαι μ. retailclothes-dealers, OGI 629.83 (Palmyra,ii A. D.); μ. ἁλιεῖς
Ostr. 1449
(ii A. D.).