ε2096Ἐπετίμα
was raising the price
[Meaning he/she/it] increased the price. "And they, intending to make a profit, were raising the price of the food as though he were starving. But he nevertheless bought it." Malchos says [this].
Ἐπετίμα· ἐπηύξει τὴν τιμήν. οἱ δὲ κερδαίνειν οἰόμενοι ἐπετίμων ὡς λιμώττοντι τὸν σῖτον. ὁ δὲ οὐδὲν ἧττον ἠγόραζε. Μάλχος φησίν.