α2155Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος
slave-dealer, slave-seller
[Meaning a] trafficker of [= in] slaves. The foot in men is called a)ndra/podon [literally "man-foot"], on the principle of the part being subordinate to the whole; for the slave is subordinate to the master, just as…
Ἀνδραποδοκάπηλος· μεταβολεὺς ἀνδραπόδων. ἀνδράποδον δὲ εἴρηται ὁ ποῦς ὁ ἐν ἀνδράσιν, ἀπὸ τοῦ ὑποκειμένου μέρους τῷ ὅλῳ· ὑπόκειται γὰρ τῷ δεσπότῃ ὁ οἰκέτης, καθάπερ ὁ ποῦς τῷ ὅλῳ…