σπάνις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, gen. εως, dat. ει, Ion. ι:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[scarcity]], [[dearth]], [[lack]], [[τόλμη]]ς <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>942</span>; ἀνδρῶν <span class="bibl">D.25.31</span>; ὕδατος <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">GA</span>746b10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Ju.</span>8.9</span>; θηρίων <span class="bibl">Str.2.5.26</span>; νεκύων <span class="title">AP</span>9.53 (Nicod. or Bass.); οὐ [[σπάνις]] . . ἔχειν = [[οὐ σπάνιον]], [[there is no lack]], no [[difficulty]], in getting, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1163</span>; <b class="b3">οὗ σ. ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν</b> which 'tis [[rare]] for a [[man]] to [[get]], <span class="title">IG</span>2.2753, cf. 3577: abs., [[dearth]], <b class="b3">τροφὰς ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ σ. παρέσχε</b> ib.3.687. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[unsatisfied need]], [[want]], c. gen., ἐν σπάνι βύβλων <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.58</span>; <b class="b3">σ. σχεῖν τοῦ βίου</b> [[poverty]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1461</span>; βίου <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>12</span>; ἢν δέ του σπάνιν τιν' ἴσχῃς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>506</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>678d</span>; σ. τῶν ἀναγκαίων <span class="bibl">Antipho 4.1.2</span>; <b class="b3">τῇ τῶν χρημάτων σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Th.1.142</span>; ἀργυρίου <span class="bibl">Lys.19.11</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ . . σ. πρόχειρος εἰς τὸ δρᾶν κακά</b> [[want]], [[poverty]], <span class="bibl">Philem.157</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[craving]], defined as [[ἐπιθυμία]] [[ἀτελής]], <span class="title">Stoic.</span>3.97; ἐν σ. χρημάτων <span class="bibl">D.19.153</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.45</span> O.</span>