σπάνιος

Adjectival formation from σπάνις (spánis, “rarity, scarcity”). Related to σπᾰνός (spănós, “rare, with scant beard growth”).^[1]

σπᾰ́νῐος • (spắnĭos) m (feminine σπᾰνῐ́ᾱ, neuter σπᾰ́νῐον); first/second declension

1. rare, uncommon
2. scarce, scanty

• “σπάνιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• σπάνιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • bare idem, page 62.
  • desultory idem, page 218.
  • fitful idem, page 324.
  • frugal idem, page 347.
  • infrequent idem, page 439.
  • intermittent idem, page 451.
  • meagre idem, page 519.
  • niggardly idem, page 558.
  • occasional idem, page 568.
  • penurious idem, page 603.
  • rare idem, page 672.
  • scant idem, page 737.
  • scarce idem, page 737.
  • slender idem, page 783.
  • spare idem, page 798.
  • sparing idem, page 798.
  • sparse idem, page 798.
  • spasmodic idem, page 798.
  • stinted idem, page 818.
  • thin idem, page 866.
  • thrifty idem, page 870.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

σπάνῐος • (spánĭos)

1. (Ionic) genitive singular of σπάνις (spánis)

From Ancient Greek σπάνιος (spánios, “rare”).

σπάνιος • (spánios) m (feminine σπάνια, neuter σπάνιο)

1. rare, exceptional, infrequent