σπανοκαρπία
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A lack of fruit, D.S.5.39.
German (Pape)
[Seite 916] ἡ, Seltenheit der Früchte, Mangel daran, D. Sic. 5, 38, v. l. στενοκαρπία.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
σπᾰνοκαρπία: ἡ, ἔλλειψις καρποῦ, Διόδ. 5. 39.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α
έλλειψη καρπών («διὰ τὴν σπανοκαρπίαν πίνουσι μὲν ὕδωρ, σαρκοφαγοῡσι δὲ», Διόδ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < σπάνιος + -καρπία (< -καρπος < καρπός), πρβλ. πολυ-καρπία].
