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dispensātĭo , ōnis, f. dispenso.
I. Economical management, charge, direction, superintendence.
A. Lit.: “aerarii,” Cic. Vatin. 15, 36.—
B. Transf.: “annonae,” Liv. 10, 11; cf. id. 4, 12 fin.: “est autem in eximendis favis necessaria dispensatio,” Plin. 11, 14, 14, § 35; Front. Aquaed. 78 fin.—
II. The office of a dispensator, management, administratorship, stewardship, διοίκησις, Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 28; id. Att. 15, 15, 3; Suet. Oth. 5; Inscr. Orell. 834; Vulg. 1 Cor. 9, 17.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 15.15.3
    • New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 9.17
    • Cicero, For Rabirius Postumus, 10.28
    • Cicero, Against Vatinius, 15.36
    • Suetonius, Otho, 5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.35
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 4, 12
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 11
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