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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>εως (ἡ)<\/b> <font color='purple'>[ᾰ]<\/font><br\/><b>      1<\/b> rareté, insuffisance, THC. <i>7, 60 ;<\/i> XÉN. <i>An. 6, 4, 8 ;<\/i> PLAT. <i>Leg. 679<\/i> a ; EUR. <i>Hec. 12, etc. d’où<\/i> manque (d’hommes, DÉM. <i>779, 16 ;<\/i> d’animaux, STR. <i>127 ;<\/i> d’audace, EUR. <i>Or. 942, etc.) ; particul. en parl. de ressources :<\/i> σπ. τῶν ἀναγκαίων, ANT. <i>125, 24,<\/i> manque des choses nécessaires ; τῶν χρημάτων, THC. <i>1, 142 ;<\/i> χρημάτων, DÉM. <i>389, 6 ;<\/i> ἀργυρίου, LYS. <i>152 fin,<\/i> insuffisance <i>ou<\/i> manque de ressources, d’argent ; <i>d’où abs<\/i>. indigence, pauvreté, HÉGÉMON (ATH. <i>698<\/i> e) ; POÈT. (STOB. <i>Fl. 95, 7<\/i>) ;<br\/><b>      2<\/b> <i>p. suite,<\/i> difficulté, EUR. <i>I.A. 1163<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Dat. ion<\/i>. σπάνι, HDT. <i>5, 58<\/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": "ἡ, gen. εως, dat. ει, Ion. ι : — <b>scarcity, dearth, lack<\/b>, τόλμης E. <i>Or.<\/i> 942; ἀνδρῶν D. 25.31; ὕδατος Arist. <i>GA<\/i> 746b10, cf. LXX Ju. 8.9; θηρίων Str. 2.5.26; νεκύων <i>AP<\/i> 9.53 (Nicod. or Bass.); οὐ σπάνις… ἔχειν, = οὐ σπάνιον, <b>there is<\/b> no <b>lack<\/b>, no <b>difficulty<\/b>, in getting, E. <i>IA<\/i> 1163; οὗ σ. ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν which ΄tis <b>rare<\/b> for a man to get, IG 2.2753, cf. 3577; abs., <b>dearth<\/b>, τροφὰς ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ σ. παρέσχε <i>ib.<\/i> 3.687.<br\/><b>unsatisfied need, want<\/b>, c. gen., ἐν σπάνι βύβλων Hdt. 5.58; σ. σχεῖν τοῦ βίου <b>poverty<\/b>, S. <i>OT<\/i> 1461; βίου E. <i>Hec.<\/i> 12; ἢν δέ του σπάνιν τιν’ ἴσχῃς S. <i>OC<\/i> 506, cf. Pl. <i>Lg.<\/i> 678d; σ. τῶν ἀναγκαίων Antipho 4.1.2; τῇ τῶν χρημάτων σ. Th. 1.142; ἀργυρίου Lys. 19.11; ἡ… σ. πρόχειρος εἰς τὸ δρᾶν κακά <b>want, poverty<\/b>, Philem. 157.<br\/><b>craving<\/b>, defined as ἐπιθυμία ἀτελής, <i>Stoic.<\/i> 3.97; ἐν σ. χρημάτων D. 19.153, cf. Phld. <i>Lib.<\/i> p. 45 O."
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                    "dictionary": "Pape",
                    "reference": "Pape, Griechisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch (3. Aufl., 1914)",
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                    "description": "ἡ, von Sachen, <i>Seltenheit, das in geringer Anzahl Vorhandensein, Mangel<\/i> ; ὥστε μὴ σπάνιν ποτὲ σχεῖν τοῦ βίου, Soph. <i>O.R<\/i>. 1461 ; <i>O.C<\/i>. 507 ; βίου, Eur. <i>Hec<\/i>. 12 ; ἀγαθῶν, <i>Rhes<\/i>. 245 ; βύβλων, Her. 5.58 ; Thuc. 7.60 ; ἀργυρίου σπάνις ἐστὶν ἐν πόλει, Lys. 19.11 ; νομῆς, Plat, <i>Legg<\/i>. III.679a ; ἐν σπάνει χρημάτων καταστήσειν, Dem. 19.153 ; Pol. u. Sp."
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                    "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": "<b>scarcity, rareness, dearth, lack of <\/b> a thing, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC), Demosthenes Orator (Refs 4th c.BC)]:—; οὐ σπάνις [ ἐστι] = οὐ σπάνιον, <b>there is <\/b> no <b>lack <\/b>, no <b>difficulty <\/b>, [Euripides (Refs 5th c.BC)] (ML)"
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