σπάνιος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον (also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>608b21</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Lap.</span>3</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.16.3</span>, etc.), of persons and things, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[rare]], [[scarce]], [[scanty]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.67</span>, <span class="bibl">5.29</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">σ. θήρευμα . . λαβεῖν</b> a [[rare]] [[catch]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1162</span>; of persons, [[rarely seen]], [[aloof]], <b class="b3">δυσπρόσιτος, ἔσω τε κλῄθρων σπάνιος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">345</span> (troch.); σ. σεαυτὸν παρέχειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>3d</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Crass.</span>7</span>; <b class="b3">τῷ ὕδατι σ. χρώμενοι</b> having a [[scanty]] [[supply]] of [[water]], <span class="bibl">Th.7.4</span>; in an Adv. sense, <b class="b3">σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ</b> he [[seldom]] [[visit]]s, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.73</span>; so <b class="b3">τοὺς σπανίους ἰδεῖν στρατηγούς</b> [[seldom]] [[see]]n, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.46</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>953c</span>; σπάνιοι περιπεπλεύκασι <span class="bibl">Str.15.1.4</span>; <b class="b3">σπάνιόν ἐστι</b>, c. inf., [[it is seldom]] that... <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.3.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.10.13</span>; opp. [[ῥᾴδιον]], <span class="bibl">Archyt.3</span>; <b class="b3">σπάνιον εἴ τις . .</b>[[it is rare]] for one to... <span class="bibl">Str.7.3.4</span>: <b class="b3">τὸ σπάνιον</b> <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.180</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>372a23</span>; ὁ ταὧς διὰ τὸ σπάνιον θαυμάζεται <span class="bibl">Eub.114</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Comp. σπανιώτερος <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.25</span>, <span class="bibl">Th. 1.33</span>, etc.: Sup. σπανιώτατος <span class="bibl">Id.7.68</span>, <span class="title">Lyr.Adesp.</span>138.1, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>389a</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[σπανίως]] = [[seldom]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>9.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>488b6</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.15.6</span> (so σπάνιον <span class="bibl">Str.3.5.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cic.</span>8</span>, etc., but [[σπανίᾳ]] is Adj. in <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phdr.</span>256c</span>, and [[σπάνιον]] in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>372a14</span>): Comp. σπανιώτερον <span class="bibl">Th.1.23</span>; σπανιαίτερον <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>3.7.5</span> codd.—Rare in Poets, as Ion Eleg. <span class="bibl">3.4</span>.</span>

|elnltext=σπάνιος -α -ον [σπάνις] schaars, zeldzaam:; σπάνια πάντ’ εἶναι dat er aan alles gebrek was Xen. Cyr. 6.3.9; van personen; δυσπρόσιτος ἔσω τε κλῄθρων σπάνιος moeilijk benaderbaar en zelden binnenshuis Eur. IA 345; met inf..; τοὺς σπανίους ἰδεῖν στρατηγούς de generaals die zelden te zien waren Xen. Cyr. 7.5.46; persoonlijk geconstr. pred..; σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ σφι zelden bezoekt hij hen Hdt. 2.73.1; χρῶνται μὲν αὐτῇ, σπανίᾳ δέ ze brengen haar wel in de praktijk, maar zelden Plat. Phaedr. 256c; onpers. σπάνιόν ἐστι met inf. het is een zeldzaamheid om; subst. τὸ σπάνιον schaarste, zeldzaamheid; adv. σπανίως zelden.