consumptio

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μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

consumptĭo: ōnis, f. id.. *
I A consuming, wasting, consumption, Cic. Univ. 6.—*
II An employing, bestowing, application, use: operae, Auct. Her. 4, 22, 32 (al. sumptione).