dispendium
Τύχη τέχνην ὤρθωσεν, οὐ τέχνη τύχην → Artem fortuna, non ars fortunam erigit → Das Glück erhöht die Kunst und nicht die Kunst das Glück
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dispendĭum: ii, n. dispendo (opp compendium, v. 3, dis, II.),
I expense, cost, loss (mostly ante- and post-class.; cf.: impensa, impendium, sumptus; also: noxa, damnum, detrimentum, jactura, incommodum).
I Lit.: dispendium ideo, quod in dispendendo solet minus fieri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.: sine damno et dispendio, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 35; cf. so with sumptus, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 7: minore nusquam bene fui dispendio, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20: ut gratiam ineat sine suo dispendio, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 29: neque dispendi facit hilum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 60 Müll.; cf. * Lucr. 2, 1127: alicui afferre dispendium, Col. 4, 24, 1: quod dispendium pauci intellegunt, Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53: dispendia (comae), Ov. Am. 1, 14, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 25: viarum, i. e. a roundabout way, Mart. 9, 100: silvae, Luc. 8, 2.—
2 Trop.: hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti, loss of time, * Verg. A. 3, 453: famae, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 452: disciplinae, Aus. Grat. Act. 32.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dispendĭum,¹⁴ ĭī, n. (dispendo), dépense, frais : Varro L. 5, 183 ; Pl. Pœn. 163, etc.
