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σοφιστικός
Σοφοκλῆς
σοφός
σπᾱδίζω
σπάδων
σπαθάω
σπάθη
σπαίρω
σπάκα
σπανίζω
σπάνιος
σπανιότης
σπάνις
σπανιστός
σπανοσῑτίᾱ
σπάραγμα
σπαραγμός
σπαράσσω
σπαργανάω
σπαργανίζω
σπαργανιώτης
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σπάνιος
σπάνιοςᾱ ονalsoος ονadj scarce in numberof persons, animals or thingsscarce, scanty, rareHdt. E. Th. Isoc. Pl.w.sg. nouns, of a desirable possession or sim.E. Th. Isoc. scanty in amountof precious metal, water, fodder, provisionsin short supply, scarceLyr.adesp. Hdt. Th. Pl. X.of a Muse, ref. to the music of the seven-stringed lyrescanty, meagrecompared w. that of the eleven-stringed lyreIon of a personkeeping oneself scarcethrough limited accessibility or cooperationE. Pl. X. Plu. scarce in occurrencequasi-advbl., of persons or thingsinfrequent, at rare intervalsHdt. Pl.neut.impers.w. ἐστί, sts. understd.it is rarew.inf.to do sthg.Th. Isoc. X. σπάνιονneut.adv rarelyPlu. σπανίωςadvcompar.
σπανιώτερον
rarelyTh. X. Plb. Plu.

ShortDef

rare, scarce, scanty

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σπάνιος
Headword (normalized):
σπάνιος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σπανιος
IDX:
36888
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-36889
Key:
σπάνιος

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