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Liddell and Scott's Intermediate Greek Lexicon is an abridgment of the Oxford Greek Lexicon, the most complete standard reference for ancient Greek from Homer to the Patristic writings (with excellent coverage from NT and Septuagint Greek).

spare, Lat. parcere: I. to spare persons and things in war, i.e. not destroy them, c. gen., Hom., Att.:—absol. to spare, be merciful, Thuc. II. to spare in using, to refrain from using, use sparingly, ἵππων φειδόμενος, i.e. taking care of them, Il.; μὴ φείδεο σίτου Hes.; φείδεο τῶν νηῶν Hdt.; τι φειδόμεσθα τῶν λίθων; why refrain from using them? Ar.; φ. μήτε χρημάτων μήτε πόνων Plat. 2. absol. to be sparing, be thrifty, live thriftily, Theogn.; οἱ γεωργοῦντες καὶ φειδόμενος Dem.: