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σπάνιος

σπάνιος, rare, scarce, scanty

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σπανιώτατʼ neuter nominative plural superlative, neuter vocative plural superlative, neuter accusative plural superlative, masculine vocative singular superlative, feminine nominative plural superlative, feminine vocative plural superlative of σπάνιος

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

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