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dispensātĭo, ōnis, f. [dispenso].

  1. I. Economical management, charge, direction, superintendence.
    1. A. Lit.: aerarii, Cic. Vatin. 15, 36.
    2. 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.
  2. 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.

dispensātīvus, a, um, adj. [dispenso], pertaining to management or administratorship: philosophia, Isid. Orig. 2, 24, 16.
Adv.: dispensātīvē, in the manner of an administrator, in substitution, Hier. Ep. 112, 14.

dispensātor, ōris, m. [dispenso], a household superintendent, a manager, steward; as manager of the imperial treasury, a cashier, treasurer, διοικητής; usually the most trustworthy slaves, but under the emperors sometimes ingenui (v. Orell. on his Inscr. 4002): ab aere pendendo dispensator, Varr. L. L. 5, § 183 Müll.; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; and Paul. ex Fest. p. 72, 9 Müll.: dispensator litteras scit, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5 (cf. Krebs, Antibar. p. 371); so id. Fragm. ap. Non. 193, 10; Juv. 1, 91; Suet. Aug. 67; Mart. 5, 42, 5; Plin. 7, 39, 40, § 129; Inscr. Orell. 790; 895; 2914 sq.; Vulg. Gen. 43, 16 al.

* dispensātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [dispenso], relating to management or control (late Lat.), Hier. in Ies. 14, 53, 12.

dispensātrix, īcis, f. [dispensator], she that dispenses, a female steward, Hier. Quaest. Hebr. in Paralip. 8; Inscr. Murat. 968, 9.