μετάβολ-ος, ον,
changeable, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.428b, 2nd c.AD: Ptolemaeus Mathematicus “Tetrabiblos” 96. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II as substantive, ={μεταβολεύς} [[ 1 ] Refs], huckster, retail dealer, opposed to ἔμπορος, [[ “GDI” iv (Chios, probably from Erythrae, 4th c.BC),compare “PRev.Laws” 48.3 (3rd c.BC), LXX.Isa.23.2, 3, “PTeb.” 116.20 (2nd c.BC), Scholia 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 446; τοὶ μ. τοὶ ἐν τοῖς ἰχθύσιν “SIG” 1000.21 (Cos, 1st c.BC): as ] LXX+5th c.BC+] adjective, ἱματιοπῶλαι μ. retail clothes-dealers, [[ “OGI” 629.83 (Palmyra, 2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; μ. ἁλιεῖς [[ “Ostr.” 1449 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]