σπᾰν-ίζω,
of things, to be rare, scarce, [καλὰ ἔργα] Βασσίδαισιν οὐ σ. [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.31; τοὐλαίου σπανίζοντος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 252; τὰ παρ᾽ ἀμφοτέροις σπανίζοντα 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.54, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of books, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).605. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 of persons, lack, be in want of, c.genitive, ὑδάτων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.108 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; χρημάτων, βίου, [[ [prev. author] 1.187, 196; οὐ σπανίζοντες φίλων 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 717 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; πέπλων, πομπῆς, βωμοῦ, etc., [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 960, “IA” 352 (troch.), “Hel.” 800, etc.; νεῶν μακρῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.41; τροφῆς [prev. author] 4.6, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a country, σ. πεύκης [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 5.7.1: rarely with _dative_, σίτῳ 4th c.BC: Dicaearchus Geographus 1.23 codex, compare 111 near the end ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II transitive, exhaust, use up, τὰ μέταλλα [[ Philo Byzantius Paradoxographus “de Septem Miraculis” 4.1 ] Refs]; spend, [[ PFlor. 99.7 (1st-2nd c.AD), “Sammelb.” 4317.7 (3rd c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἐσπανίσθη πᾶν ὕδωρ [[ LXX.Job.14.11. ] LXX]
__III passive,= active (signification [[ 1.2), ] Refs]to be in want of, ἐσπανίσμεθ᾽ ἀρωγῶν [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 1024 (Lyric poetry); ὁρᾷς.. φίλων ὡς ἐσπανίσμεθα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1055; πάντων σπανιζόμενοι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, to be in want, μὴ σπανιζοίμεσθα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 560: rarely with _dative_, οἴνῳ σπανίζονται 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 3.3.7. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]