δᾰπᾰν-άω (dapanao)

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Bel et Draco (LXX) 3 · 35.71/10k
Virtues and Vices 1 · 6.74/10k
Economics 4 · 6.45/10k
Oeconomica II 3 · 6.38/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
Ways and Means 2 · 5.23/10k
Hiero 3 · 5.03/10k
Constitution of the Lacedaemonians 2 · 4.11/10k
On the Cavalry Commander 2 · 3.48/10k
Economics 5 · 2.81/10k
Machabaeorum II 3 · 2.6/10k
Judith 2 · 2.28/10k

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What it meant

δᾰπᾰν-άω · dapan-aō — LSJ

spend, to spend, defrayed, spend

spend, Th. 7.29, etc.; ὑπὲρ τὴν οὐσίαν δ. Diph. 32.7; δ. τὰ προσταττόμενα And. 4.42; δ. εἴς τι to spend upon a thing, Th. 8.45, X. Mem. 1.3.11, prob. in Arist. Pol. 1307b34; δ. ἐκ τῶν αὑτοῦ Is. 7.38; τἀναλώματα πάντα ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἐδαπανῶμεν defrayed all expenses, interpol. in D. 21.154:—Pass., Hdt. 2.125; τὰ λαμβανόμενα καὶ δαπανώμενα Arist. Pol. 1314b5: also Med. (v. supr.), spend, Hdt. 2.37; δ. μεγάλα And. 4.32, cf. Lys. 33.5: c. acc. cogn., τοσαύτας δαπάνας δαπανώμενος Id. 21.3; ὅσα δεδαπάνησ

2 consume, use up, destroy, consume, to be destroyed

consume, use up, ἡ φύσις δ. τὸν θορόν Arist. GA 757a25; χρόνον εἴς τι Onos. 1.5:—Pass., Arist. GA 745a13; of time, App. Pun. 130; destroy, consume, φλὸξ δ. πάντα Ph. 2.208; ἄνεμος [πόλιν] ἐδαπάνησεν App. BC 1.94; of persons, to be destroyed, ὑπὸ θηρίων Ph. 2.43; καθάπερ ὑπὸ πυρός ib. 433; πρὸς θηρίων App. BC 5.79; ἐν ταρτάροις καὶ βαράθροις δαπανωμένους D.H. 4.81; ὑπὸ νόσου or νόσῳ δαπανᾶσθαι Plu. Galb. 17, Lib. Or. 55.27:—Med., πυρὶ καὶ φόνῳ καὶ σιδήρῳ πάντα δαπανήσασθαι Eun. l.c.

II to put, to expense, exhaust

causal, τὴν πόλιν δαπανᾶν to put it to expense, exhaust it, Th. 4.3, cf. Ph. 2.642.

In the wild

δαπανῆσαι · dapanēsai Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..29 (DIORISIS sentence 370)
δαπανωμένων · dapanōmenōn Aristotle, Economics 1345a (DIORISIS sentence 102)
δαπανᾶν · dapanan Aristotle, Economics 1347a (DIORISIS sentence 157)
ἐδαπάνα · edapana Aristotle, Economics 1347b (DIORISIS sentence 170)
ἐδαπάνων · edapanōn Aristotle, Economics 1348b (DIORISIS sentence 203)
δαπανῶν · dapanōn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3

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Where it came from

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