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            "lemma": "σπάνιος",
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                    "dictionary": "Bailly",
                    "reference": "Bailly 2020 Hugo Chávez Gérard Gréco, André Charbonnet, Mark De Wilde, Bernard Maréchal & contributeurs \/ Licence Creative Commons Attribution - Pas d'Utilisation Commerciale - Pas de Modification — « CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 »",
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                    "description": "<b>α, ον<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>      1<\/b> rare, peu fréquent <i>ou<\/i> peu abondant, HDT. <i>2, 67 ; 5, 29 ;<\/i> THC. <i>7, 4 ;<\/i> EUR. <i>I.A. 345, 1162 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Euthyphr. 3, etc. ;<\/i> σπάνιος ἰδεῖν, XÉN. <i>Cyr. 7, 5, 46,<\/i> qu’on voit rarement (<i>litt<\/i>. rare à voir) ; σπάνιον <i>avec l’inf<\/i>. XÉN. <i>Cyr. 1, 3, 3, etc<\/i>. il est rare de ; τὸ σπάνιον, ESCHN. <i>79, 27,<\/i> ARSTT. <i>Meteor. 3, 2, 8,<\/i> la rareté, l’insuffisance ; <i>adv<\/i>., σπανίᾳ, PLAT. <i>Phædr. 256<\/i> c, rarement ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> insuffisant, chétif, misérable, EUR. <i>Alc. 477<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>•<i> Cp<\/i>. σπανιώτερος, HDT. <i>8, 25 ;<\/i> THC. <i>1, 33, etc. ; • Sup<\/i>. σπανιώτατος, THC. <i>7, 68 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Phæd. 90<\/i> a.<\/p><p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Fém. postér<\/i>. -ος, ARSTT. <i>H.A. 9, 1, 9 ;<\/i> TH. <i>Lap. 3 ;<\/i> POL. <i>4, 16, 3 ;<\/i> DH. <i>7, 24<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. <i>cf<\/i>. σπανός.<\/p>"
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                    "reference": "Liddell-Scott-Jones, Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1940)",
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                    "description": "α, ον (also ος, ον Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 608b21, Thphr. <i>Lap.<\/i> 3, Plb. 4.16.3, etc.), of persons and things, <b>rare, scarce, scanty<\/b>, Hdt. 2.67, 5.29, etc. ; σ. θήρευμα… λαβεῖν <b>a rare<\/b> catch, E. <i>IA<\/i> 1162; of persons, <b>rarely seen, aloof<\/b>, δυσπρόσιτος, ἔσω τε κλῄθρων σπάνιος <i>ib.<\/i> 345 (troch.); σ. σεαυτὸν παρέχειν Pl. <i>Euthphr.<\/i> 3d, cf. Plu. <i>Crass.<\/i> 7; τῷ ὕδατι σ. χρώμενοι having a <b>scanty<\/b> supply of water, Th. 7.4; in an Adv. sense, σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ he <b>seldom<\/b> visits, Hdt. 2.73; so τοὺς σπανίους ἰδεῖν στρατηγούς <b>seldom<\/b> seen, X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 7.5.46, cf. Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 953c; σπάνιοι περιπεπλεύκασι Str. 15.1.4; σπάνιόν ἐστι, c. inf., it is <b>seldom<\/b> that…, X. <i>Cyr.<\/i> 1.3.3, Isoc. 10.13; opp. ῥᾴδιον, Archyt. 3; σπάνιον εἴ τις… <b>it is rare<\/b> for one to…, Str. 7.3.4; τὸ σ. Aeschin. 3.180, Arist. <i>Mete.<\/i> 372a23; ὁ ταῶς διὰ τὸ σ. θαυμάζεται Eub. 114. Comp. σπανιώτερος Hdt. 8.25, Th. 1.33, etc. ; <i>Sup.<\/i> -ώτατος Id. 7.68, <i>Lyr.Adesp.<\/i> 138.1, Pl. <i>Cra.<\/i> 389a, etc. Adv. -ίως <b>seldom<\/b>, X. <i>Ages.<\/i> 9.1, Arist. <i>HA<\/i> 488b6, Plb. 2.15.6 (so σπάνιον Str. 3.5.1, Plu. <i>Cic.<\/i> 8, etc., but σπανίᾳ is <i>Adj.<\/i> in Pl. <i>Phdr.<\/i> 256c, and σπάνιον in Arist. <i>Mete.<\/i> 372a14); Comp. -ιώτερον Th. 1.23; -ιαίτερον Thphr. <i>HP<\/i> 3.7.5 codd. — Rare in Poets, as Ion <i>Eleg.<\/i> 3.4."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "wie σπανός, <i>selten, wenig, dürstig<\/i> ; μέρος, Eur. <i>Alc<\/i>. 477 ; θήρευμα, <i>I.A<\/i>. 1162, u. öfter ; οὐδὲν ἐγίνετο πλοίων σπανιώτερον, Her. 8.25 ; Thuc. 1.33 u. öfter ; τὸ γὰρ σπάνιον τίμιον, Plat. <i>Euthyd<\/i>. 304b ; οἴει τι σπανιώτερον εἶναι, ἤ –, <i>Phaed<\/i>. 90a ; ὁ νομοθέτης σπανιώτατος ἐν ἀνθρώποις γίγνεται, <i>Crat<\/i>. 389a ; oft bei Xen., z.B. σπάνιος ἰδεῖν <i>Cyr<\/i>. 7.5.46 ; γέρας, Antiphil. 8 (VI.252); S.Emp. oft.<br\/><font color='darkgreen'>• Adv. σπανίως<\/font>, Xen. <i>Ag<\/i>. 9.1 ; auch σπανίᾳ, Plat. <i>Phaedr<\/i>. 256c."
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                    "dictionary": "TBESG",
                    "reference": "Translators Brief lexicon of Extended Strongs for Greek based on Abbot-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) (=AS), with corrections and adapted by Tyndale Scholars",
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                    "description": "1. <b>rare, scarce, scanty <\/b>, [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC), Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)]; σπάνιον ἑαυτὸν παρέχειν, Lat. <i>difficiles aditus habere<\/i>, [Plato Philosophus (5th\/4th c.BC)]; ὕδατι σπανίῳ χρώμενοι having a <b>scanty <\/b> supply of water, [Thucydides (Refs 5th c.BC)]; with <i>infinitive<\/i>, σπ. ἰδεῖν <b>rare <\/b> to behold, [Xenophon Historicus (5th\/4th c.BC)]: of persons in an <i>adverb<\/i> sense, σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ he <b>seldom <\/b> visits, [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC)]:—; σπάνιόν ἐστι, with <i>infinitive<\/i>, <b>it is seldom <\/b> that . ., [Xenophon Historicus (5th\/4th c.BC)]:—; τὸ σπάνιον = σπάνις, [Aeschines Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)] <br\/>2. <i>comparative<\/i> σπανιώτερος, [Herdotus Historicus (Refs 5th c.BC), Thucydides (Refs 5th c.BC)]: —;Sup. -ώτατος, attic <br\/>3. <i>adverb<\/i> -ίως, <b>seldom <\/b>, [Xenophon Historicus (5th\/4th c.BC)]; so σπανίᾳ, [Plato Philosophus (5th\/4th c.BC)]: <i>comparative<\/i> -ιώτερον, [Thucydides (Refs 5th c.BC)] (ML)"
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