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|Definition=[ᾰ], ἡ, gen. σπάνεως, dat. σπάνει, Ion. σπάνι:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[scarcity]], [[dearth]], [[lack]], [[τόλμη]]ς [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''942; ἀνδρῶν D.25.31; ὕδατος Arist.''GA''746b10, cf. [[LXX]] ''Ju.''8.9; θηρίων Str.2.5.26; νεκύων ''AP''9.53 (Nicod. or Bass.); [[φλαύραν δ' οὐ σπάνις γυναῖκα ἔχειν]] = [[it is not difficult to have a bad wife]], E.''IA''1163; [[οὐ σπάνις]] = [[οὐ σπάνιον]], [[there is no lack]], [[it is not difficult]], [[there is no difficulty]]; οὗ σπάνις ἀνδρὶ [[τυχεῖν]] = which 'tis [[rare]] for a [[man]] to [[get]], ''IG''2.2753, cf. 3577: abs., [[dearth]], τροφὰς ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ σπάνει παρέσχε ib.3.687.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[unsatisfied need]], [[want]], c. gen., ἐν σπάνι βύβλων = due to the [[lack]] of [[papyrus]] [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.58; σ. [[σχεῖν]] τοῦ βίου [[poverty]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''1461; βίου E.''Hec.''12; ἢν δέ του σπάνιν τιν' ἴσχῃς S.''OC''506, cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''678d; σπάνις τῶν ἀναγκαίων Antipho 4.1.2; τῇ τῶν χρημάτων σπάνει Th.1.142; ἀργυρίου Lys.19.11; ἡ γὰρ σπάνις [[πρόχειρος]] εἰς τὸ [[δρᾶν]] κακά = [[want]], [[poverty]], Philem.157.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[craving]], defined as [[ἐπιθυμία]] [[ἀτελής]], ''Stoic.''3.97; ἐν σπάνει χρημάτων D.19.153, cf. Phld.''Lib.''p.45 O.