δᾰπᾰν-η, ἡ,
cost, expenditure, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 723, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]; δ. χρυσοῦ καὶ ἀργύρου, χρημάτων, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129, 3.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. κούφα the cost is little, with infinitive, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 893 (Lyric poetry); εἰς κενὸν ἡ δ. “IG” 14.1746.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.15; δαπάναι ἐλπίδων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I..” 4 (5).57. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II money spent, ἵππων on horses, [[[prev. work]3(4)] Refs].47; δαπάνην παρέχειν money for spending, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.41; ξυμφέρειν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.99; ὅπως μὴ ἡ εἰς τὸν ἐνιαυτὸν κειμένη δ. εἰς τὸν μῆνα δαπανᾶται 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 7.36. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III extravagance, ἡ ἐν τῇ φύσει δ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.218. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]