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“retailer” in Latin

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

retailer
qui (quae) tenuem mercaturam facit, or *merces minutim divendit; in the Roman sense, also, caupo, propola; institor (a hawker).

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for retailer?
The usual Latin words for “retailer” are caupō, propōla, īnstitor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.