σπάν-ις [ᾰ], ἡ,
genitive εως, dative ει, Ionic dialect ι:— scarcity, dearth, lack, τόλμης [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 942; ἀνδρῶν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.31; ὕδατος 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 746b10, cf. LXX.Jdt.8.9; θηρίων 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 2.5.26; νεκύων “Anthologia Graeca” 9.53 (Nicodemus Epigrammaticus or 1st c.AD: Bassus, Lollius Epigrammaticus)] LXX+5th c.BC+]; οὐ σπάνις.. ἔχειν,= οὐ σπάνιον, there is no lack, no difficulty, in getting, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 1163 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὗ σ. ἀνδρὶ τυχεῖν which 'tis rare for a man to get, [[ “IG” 2.2753] Refs], compare 3577: absolutely, dearth, τροφὰς ἐν τῇ μεγάλῃ σ. παρέσχε [[[prev. work]3.687. ] Refs]
__II unsatisfied need, want, with genitive, ἐν σπάνι βύβλων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.58 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. σχεῖν τοῦ βίου poverty, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1461; βίου 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 12; ἢν δέ του σπάνιν τιν᾽ ἴσχῃς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 506, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 678d; σ. τῶν ἀναγκαίων 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 4.1.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῇ τῶν χρημάτων σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.142; ἀργυρίου 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.11 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ.. σ. πρόχειρος εἰς τὸ δρᾶν κακά want, poverty, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 157. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 craving, defined as ἐπιθυμία ἀτελής, [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 3.97; ἐν σ. χρημάτων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.153, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ παρρησίας” p.45 O. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]