dispense
Dictionary entries
- Entry →dispendo, dispendere, dispensus sum:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Semideponent
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
open/spread out; expatiate, walk/roam at large/will, roam freely;; dispense, weigh out; pay out;
voc. sg. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Liber XI
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...tibi non crevi; te noster vilicus horret, te dispensator, te domus ipsa pavet. Ludere nec nobis..."Liber VII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...filia ficosa est et gener atque nepos, nec dispensator nec uilicus ulcere turpi nec rigidus fossor..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ducente Romam intrabat. Hinc quemadmodum ratiocinari didicisset, deinque dispensator factus esset, omnia diligenter curiosus pictor cum inscriptione reddiderat..."Galba
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...animadversum in patronum suum fuerat, abiecit. Sero tandem dispensator Argivus et hoc et ceterum truncum in privatis eius..."Liber I
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...neglectum et licentia tenebrarum plurimis ludibriis vexatum dispensator Argius e prioribus servis humili sepultura in privatis eius hortis..."