κ335Καπηλίς
huckstress, landlady
[The term is derived] from the [phrase] "to spoil [kaku/nein] the dregs [phlo/n]". "Dregs" [phlo/s] [is] wine; hence also [comes] a)/mpelos, i.e. being e)/mpelos, having the dregs in itself.
Καπηλίς· παρὰ τὸ κακύνειν τὸν πηλόν. πηλὸς δὲ ὁ οἶνος· ὅθεν καὶ ἄμπελος, οἱονεὶ ἔμπελος οὖσα, ἡ ἐν αὑτῇ ἔχουσα τὸν πηλόν.