retail (subs.) Copy link • retail (subs.): a selling by r., distractio, Ulp. Dig. 14, 3, 5, § 12: a r. traffic, mercatura tenuis (business on a small scale), Cic. Off. 1, 42, 151: a r. dealer, caupo, Cic.: Pl.: v. huckster: also prŏpōla (προπώλης), Cic. Pis. 27, 67: a r. shop, caupōna, id. ib. 22, 53.