σπάνιος — Middle Liddell

σπάνιος σπάνιος (ᾰ), η, ον σπάνις rare, scarce, scanty, Hdt., Eur.; σπάνιον ἑαυτὸν παρέχειν, Lat. difficiles aditus habere, Plat.; ὕδατι σπανίῳ χρώμενοι having a scanty supply of water, Thuc.; c. inf., σπ. ἰδεῖν rare to behold, Xen.: of persons in an adv. sense, σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ he seldom visits, Hdt.:— σπάνιόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is seldom that . . , Xen.:— τὸ σπάνιον σπάνις, Aeschin. comp. σπανιώτερος, Hdt., Thuc.: —Sup. -ώτατος, Attic adv. -ίως, seldom, Xen.; so σπανίᾳ, Plat.: comp. -ιώτερον, Thuc.

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rare, scarce, scanty

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