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τραπεζίτης, one who keeps a bank, a banker

τρᾰπεζῑτ-ης, ου, ὁ, Dor. -τας IG 9(1).110.10 (Elatea, iv B. C.), etc.: (τράπεζα II):—
  • money-changer, banker, Lys. Fr. 1.1, D. 36.28, 49.5, Antiph. 159.11, PEleph. 10.2 (iii B. C.), etc.; οἱ ἀνεσκευασμένοι τῶν τ. broken bankers, D. 49.68.
      • 2 director of a state-bank, SIG 577.17 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.), UPZ 112 ii 5 (ii B. C.), IG 12(5).880.11, al. (Tenos, i B. C.).
    • II τραπεζίτης Πάρις violator of hospitality, Trag.Adesp. 270 (s. v. l.).
    • III τραπεζεῖται κύνες, = τραπεζῆες (v. τραπεζεύς), Hdn.Gr. 2.356, al. [Hdn.Gr. l.c. says -ειτ- is correct in signf. III, -ῑτ- otherwise; in signf. I -ῑτ- is found in IG 9(1) l.c. (iv B. C.), 42(1).98.13 (Epid., iii B. C.), PEleph. l.c. (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 176.63 (iii B. C.), -ειτ- ib. 174 (iii B. C.), SIG 742.55 (Ephesus, i B. C.), etc.: prob. only -ῑτ- is correct.]

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