ξένῳ δὲ σιγᾶν κρεῖττον ἢ κεκραγέναι → it's better for a stranger to keep silence than to shout (Menander)
P. and V. σπάνιος.
deficient: P. and V. ἐνδεής, P. ἐλλιπής.
See scarcely.