σπάνιος
σπᾰ/ν-ιος,
α,
ον (also
ος,
ον Arist. HA 608b21 ,
Thphr. Lap. 3 ,
Plb. 4.16.3 , etc.), of persons and things,
A). 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 .
ShortDef
rare, scarce, scanty
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Headword (normalized):
σπάνιος
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σπανιος
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σπᾰ/ν-ιος</span>, <span class="itype greek">α</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> (also <span class="itype greek">ος</span>, <span class="itype greek">ον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:608b:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:608b.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 608b21 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg004:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lap.</span> 3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:16:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:16:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 4.16.3 </a>, etc.), of persons and things, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rare, scarce, scanty</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:67" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.67/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.67 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.29/canonical-url/"> 5.29 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">ς. θήρευμα .. λαβεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">a rare</span> catch, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1162" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:1162/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 1162 </a>; of persons, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rarely seen, aloof</span>, <span class="foreign greek">δυσπρόσιτος, ἔσω τε κλῄθρων σπάνιος</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:345" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:345/canonical-url/"> 345 </a> (troch.); <span class="quote greek">ς. σεαυτὸν παρέχειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Euthphr.</span> 3d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg039:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Crass.</span> 7 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τῷ ὕδατι ς. χρώμενοι</span> having a <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scanty</span> supply of water, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 7.4 </a>; in an Adv.sense, <span class="foreign greek">σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ</span> he <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seldom</span> visits, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.73 </a>; so <span class="foreign greek">τοὺς σπανίους ἰδεῖν στρατηγούς</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seldom</span> seen, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:46" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:5:46/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.5.46 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:953c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:953c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 953c </a>; <span class="quote greek">σπάνιοι περιπεπλεύκασι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 15.1.4 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">σπάνιόν ἐστι</span>, c. inf., it is <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seldom</span> that .., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:1:3:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 1.3.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg009.perseus-grc1:13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Isoc.</span> 10.13 </a>; opp. <span class="foreign greek">ῥᾴδιον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0620.tlg001:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0620.tlg001:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archyt.</span> 3 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σπάνιον εἴ τις .. </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">it is rare</span> for one to .., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:3:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 7.3.4 </a>: <span class="foreign greek">τὸ ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:180" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg003.perseus-grc1:180/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Aeschin.</span> 3.180 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:372a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:372a.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 372a23 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ὁ ταὧς διὰ τὸ ς. θαυμάζεται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:114" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:114/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 114 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> Comp. <span class="quote greek">σπανιώτερος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 8.25 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.33 </a>, etc.: Sup. <span class="quote greek">-ώτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 7.68 </a> , <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lyr.Adesp.</span> 138.1 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:389a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:389a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 389a </a>, etc. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> Adv. <span class="foreign greek">-ίως</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seldom</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc1:9:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc1:9.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ages.</span> 9.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:488b.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 488b6 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:15:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:15:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plb.</span> 2.15.6 </a> (so <span class="quote greek">σπάνιον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0099.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:5:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Str.</span> 3.5.1 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg055:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg055:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cic.</span> 8 </a>, etc., but <span class="foreign greek">σπανίᾳ</span> is Adj. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:256c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:256c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 256c </a>, and <span class="foreign greek">σπάνιον</span> in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:372a:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg026:372a.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mete.</span> 372a14 </a>): Comp. <span class="quote greek">-ιώτερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 1.23 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">-ιαίτερον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:7:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:7:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thphr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HP</span> 3.7.5 </a> codd.—Rare in Poets, as Ion Eleg. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0093.tlg001:3.4/canonical-url/"> 3.4 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}