πώλης

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See also: -πώλης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

πωλέω (pōléō, “I sell or offer for sale”) +‎ -ης (-ēs, suffix forming masculine agent nouns)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πώλης • (pṓlēs) m (genitive πώλου); first declension

  1. a seller, a dealer, a monger
    • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 131:
      εἷς οὑτοσὶ πώλης. τί τοὐντεῦθεν; λέγε.
      heîs houtosì pṓlēs. tí tounteûthen? lége.
    • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 133:
      δύο τώδε πώλα. καὶ τί τόνδε χρὴ παθεῖν;
      dúo tṓde pṓla. kaì tí tónde khrḕ patheîn?
    • 424 BCE, Aristophanes, The Knights 139–140:
      οἴμοι δείλαιος.
      πόθεν οὖν ἂν ἔτι γένοιτο πώλης εἶς μόνος;
      oímoi deílaios.
      póthen oûn àn éti génoito pṓlēs eîs mónos?

Usage notes

  • This agent noun occurs almost exclusively in compounds. It is only attested in independent existence in lines 131–140 of Aristophanes’ Knights, where it is used comically, as the last part of an intended compound.

Declension

First declension of ὁ πώλης; τοῦ πώλου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πώλης
ho pṓlēs 		τὼ πώλᾱ
tṑ pṓlā 		οἱ πῶλαι
hoi pôlai
Genitive τοῦ πώλου
toû pṓlou 		τοῖν πώλαιν
toîn pṓlain 		τῶν πωλῶν
tôn pōlôn
Dative τῷ πώλῃ
tôi pṓlēi 		τοῖν πώλαιν
toîn pṓlain 		τοῖς πώλαις
toîs pṓlais
Accusative τὸν πώλην
tòn pṓlēn 		τὼ πώλᾱ
tṑ pṓlā 		τοὺς πώλᾱς
toùs pṓlās
Vocative πώλη
pṓlē 		πώλᾱ
pṓlā 		πῶλαι
pôlai
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Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: -πώλης (-pólis)

References

  • “πώλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “πώλης”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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