huckster (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. caupo, ōnis, m.; f. caupōna (usu. = innkeeper2. instĭtor (a dealer commissioned to dispose of the wares of another)3. arilātor or arrilater (a kind of small dealer • huckster (subs.): 1. caupo, ōnis, m.; f. caupōna (usu. = innkeeper: but also in wider sense = Gr. καπηλός): the knavish h., perfidus c., Hor. S. 1, 1, 29. 2. instĭtor (a dealer commissioned to dispose of the wares of another): cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 421: Hor. 3. arilātor or arrilater (a kind of small dealer: very rare): Gell. 16, 7: where he mentions an obsol. cocio or coctio, used in the mimes of Laberius (cave imiteris).
HUCKSTER Copy link • HUCKSTER 1. cocio: arilator (small retail dealer; the latter the older term, according to Gell.): institor (peddlar): propola (who buys to sell again directly, with a profit). 2. v. cocionari (Quint., Decl., 12, 21; but the reading doubtful): mercaturam tenuem facere (to have a small business): cauponari (with reference to provisions).