σπανίζειν

From LSJ

δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies

Source

Greek > English (Woodhouse Verbs Reversed)

(see also σπανίζω): lack, be stinted of

Lexicon Thucydideum

indigere, to lack, need, 1.41.2, 4.6.1.