Antiq. [a. Gr. θερμο-πώλιον (L. thermopōlium, Plaut.) a tavern where hot drinks were sold.] (See quot. 1753.) Hence † Thermopolist: see quot. 1656; Thermopolite, the keeper of a thermopolion.
1656. Blount, Glossogr., Thermopolist..., a Cook that sells hot meat.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., Thermopolium, a name for a sort of public houses among the ancients, in which hot liquors were sold.
1832. Gell, Pompeiana, I. i. 8. The shops of a thermopolite. Ibid., II. xii. 10. An ordinary wine shop or thermopolion.
2020. N. Y. Times, 26 Dec. They were found in a thermopolium—or snack bar—serving street food popular in A.D. 79.
