1. of things, to be rare, scarce, scanty , (Pindar)

2. of persons, to lack or be in want of , τινός (Herdotus Historicus), etc.;—;so in Pass. ἐσπανίσμεθ᾽ ἀρωγῶν (Aeschulus Tragicus): absolute to be in want , (Euripides) (ML)