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|lshtext=<b>dis-penso</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a.<br /><b>I</b> Orig. of [[money]], to [[distribute]] by [[weight]], to [[disburse]], [[pay]] [[out]] (for syn. cf.: partior, [[impertio]], [[distribuo]], [[divido]]): ducentos nummos (sc. [[inter]] milites), Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 47.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., to [[manage]], [[regulate]] [[household]] expenses: domesticas res, Cic. Att. 11, 1; cf. Juv. 7, 219: eligere aliquem ad dispensandam pecuniam, to [[have]] [[charge]] of the [[military]] [[chest]], Nep. Con. 4.—Absol.: dispensat pueris [[vilicus]], distributes rations, Mart. 12, 18, 22.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., of [[other]] things, to [[dispense]], [[distribute]], [[arrange]] (for syn. cf.: [[dispono]], [[digero]], [[ordino]], [[compono]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: ([[fons]]) certis horarum spatiis dispensatur [[inter]] incolas, Plin. 18, 22, 51, § 188; Front. Aquaed. 9; Plin. 13, 13, 27, § 89: [[vitis]] aequa portione sucum proli suae dispensat, Col. 4, 24, 9: oscula suprema natos per omnes, Ov. M. 6, 278 (cf.: dividit oscula, Hor. C. 1, 36, 6): [[filum]] candelae, Juv. 3, 287: quem (annum) intercalaribus mensibus interponendis ita dispensavit ([[Numa]]), ut, etc., Liv. 1, 19 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[manage]], [[regulate]], [[control]], [[distribute]]: inventa non [[solum]] ordine, sed [[etiam]] momento quodam [[atque]] judicio dispensare [[atque]] componere, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 142: [[quasi]] dispensare rem publicam et in ea quodam [[modo]] vilicare, id. Rep. 5, 3, 5; Just. 7, 6, 4: laetitiam [[inter]] impotentes populi animos, i. e. to [[impart]] to [[them]] by degrees, Liv. 27, 50 fin.: [[male]] dispensata [[libertas]], Sen. Ben. 1, 10: quae dispensant mortalia fata sorores, Ov. H. 12, 3 et saep.: [[consilium]] dispensandae cohonestandaeque victoriae imperatoribus majores dederunt nostri (qs. to [[arrange]] as the [[general]]'s [[manager]]; the [[fig]]. acc. to I. B., v. also [[dispensator]]), Liv. 38, 47.—Absol.: si [[modo]] recte dispensare velis, to [[dispense]], [[arrange]] ( = administrare), Hor. S. 1, 2, 75.
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|gf=<b>dispēnsō</b>,¹¹ āvī, ātum, āre ([[dispendo]] 1), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> partager, distribuer [de l’argent] : Pl. Bacch. 971<br /><b>2</b> administrer, gouverner, régler [ses affaires, des finances] : Cic. Att. 11, 1, 1 ; Nep. Con. 4, 1<br /><b>3</b> distribuer, partager, répartir [pr. et fig.] : Cic. de Or. 1, 142 ; Plin. 18, 188 ; Liv. 1, 19, 6 ; 27, 50, 10 ; Sen. Ben. 1, 10, 2 &#124;&#124; régler, disposer, ordonner : victoriam Liv. 38, 47, 3, organiser la victoire.||régler, disposer, ordonner : victoriam Liv. 38, 47, 3, organiser la victoire.
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