πώλης

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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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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