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dis-pando or dispendo, no perf., sum; also, in colloq. lang., dispenno, dispessus (in Plaut., v. the foll.), v. a., to stretch out, spread out, to extend, expand (very rare).

  1. I. Prop.: dispennite hominem divorsum et distennite, Plaut. Mil. 5, 14: dispessis manibus, id. ib. 2, 4, 7 (also ap. Gell. 15, 15, 4); and: dispessis membris (Tityos), Lucr. 3, 988, v. Lachm. ad h. l. p. 201: dispansae vestes in sole, Lucr. 1, 306; so, arbor vastis dispansa ramis, Plin. 9, 4, 3, § 8; Suet. Dom. 19: neu distracta (natura) suum late dispandat hiatum, Lucr. 6, 599.
  2. * II. Trop., of speech, to spread out, amplify, L. Verus ap. Fronto Ep. ad Ver. 3.

dispendĭōsus, a, um, adj. [dispendium], hurtful, prejudicial (post-Aug. and very rare): cunctatio, Col. 2, 20, 1: occasiones, Cod. Theod. 11, 2, 4 al.

dispendĭum, ii, n. [dispendo] (opp compendium, v. 3, dis, II.), expense, cost, loss (mostly ante- and post-class.; cf.: impensa, impendium, sumptus; also: noxa, damnum, detrimentum, jactura, incommodum).

  1. I. Lit.: dispendium ideo, quod in dispendendo solet minus fieri, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.: sine damno et dispendio, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 35; cf. so with sumptus, Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 7: minore nusquam bene fui dispendio, Plaut. Men. 3, 2, 20: ut gratiam ineat sine suo dispendio, Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 29: neque dispendi facit hilum, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 60 Müll.; cf. * Lucr. 2, 1127: alicui afferre dispendium, Col. 4, 24, 1: quod dispendium pauci intellegunt, Plin. 36, 6, 9, § 53: dispendia (comae), Ov. Am. 1, 14, 43; cf. id. ib. 1, 7, 25: viarum, i. e. a roundabout way, Mart. 9, 100: silvae, Luc. 8, 2.
      1. 2. Trop.: hic tibi ne qua morae fuerint dispendia tanti, loss of time, * Verg. A. 3, 453: famae, Claud. VI. Cons. Hon. 452: disciplinae, Aus. Grat. Act. 32.

1. dis-pendo, ĕre, v. a., to weigh out (ante- and post-class.): in dispendendo, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.: panis dispensus, i. e. dispensed, distributed, Prud. ap. Symm. 1, 584.

2. dis-pendo, to stretch out, v. dispando.