Liddell-Scott-Jones

σπάνιος (spanios) sparingly ^G:A

σπάνιος-ιος, α, ον

(also ος, ον [Refs 4th c.BC+], of persons and things, rare, scarce, scanty, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. θήρευμα.. λαβεῖν a rare catch, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, rarely seen, aloof, δυσπρόσιτος, ἔσω τε κλῄθρων σπάνιος [Refs]; σ. σεαυτὸν παρέχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῷ ὕδατι σ. χρώμενοι having a scanty supply of water, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in an adverb sense, σπάνιος ἐπιφοιτᾷ he seldom visits, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so τοὺς σπανίους ἰδεῖν στρατηγούς seldom seen, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπάνιόν ἐστι, with infinitive, it is seldom that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ῥᾴδιον, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σπάνιον εἴ τις.. it is rare for one to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__II comparative σπανιώτερος [Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ώτατος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III adverb -ίως seldom, [Refs 5th c.BC+] is adjective in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ιώτερον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; -ιαίτερον [Refs 4th c.BC+]