οὐ γὰρ εἰς περιουσίαν ἐπράττετ' αὐτοῖς τὰ τῆς πόλεως → for selfish greed had no place in their statesmanship
dis-pendo:
I to stretch out, v. dispando.
dis-pendo: ĕre,
I v. a., to weigh out (ante- and post-class.): in dispendendo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.: panis dispensus, i. e. dispensed, distributed, Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 584.