κᾰπηλ-εύω,
to be a retail-dealer, drive a petty trade, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.155, 2.35, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 2.1, Nymphodorus Historicus 21, “IG” 11(2).161 A 16 (Delos, 3rd c.BC), “BGU” 1024 vii 23 (4th c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δι᾽ ἀψύχου βορᾶς σίτοις καπήλευ᾽ drive a trade, chaffer with your vegetable food, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 953. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II with accusative, sell by retail, τὸν ἕρπιν [[ 6th c.BC: Hipponax Iambographus 51. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__II.2 metaphorically, κ. τὰ πρήγματα, of Darius, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.89 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὰ μαθήματα sell learning by retail, hawk it about, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 313d; κ. τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ NT.2Cor.2.17 ] NT+5th c.BC+]; so ἔοικεν οὐ καπηλεύσειν μάχην will not peddle in war, i. e. fight half-heartedly, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 545; κ. τῇ Χάριτι τὴν ἀμοιβήν 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 39 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. τὴν πολιτείαν traffic in grants of citizenship, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 60.17 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κ. τῆς ὥρας ἄνθος or τὴν ὥραν, of prostitutes, [[ 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.394, 576 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; εἰρήνην πρὸς Ῥωμαίους Χρυσίου κ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 6.7.9 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τύχη καπηλεύουσα.. τὸν βίον playing tricks with life, corrupting it, [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.180 (6th c.AD: Palladas Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 6th c.AD+]