propola

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prŏpōla (prōpōla, Lucil.

v. infra), ae, m., = προπώλης, a forestaller , a retailer , huckster (class.): sicuti cum primus ficos propola recentes protulit, Lucil. ap. Non. 154, 27; Plaut. Aul. 3, 5, 38: panis et vinum a propolā, atque de cupā, Cic. Pis. 27, 67.— As adj., Inscr. Fabr. p. 731, n. 450.

Related Words