expense Copy link Outline 1. impensa (outlay of any kind)2. sumptus, ūs (esp. of great, excessive e.)3. impendium (= impensa, but less freq. and chiefly pl.)4. dispendium (esp. in the comic writers) • expense: 1. impensa (outlay of any kind): to go to no e., nullam im. facere, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 14: often pl., at my e., meis impensis, Nep. Phoc. 1: Tac. 2. sumptus, ūs (esp. of great, excessive e.): to keep a great number of horsemen at one's own e., magnum numerum equitum suo s. alere, Caes.: to go to extravagant e., ultra modum sumptu prodire, Cic.: to diminish the e. of embassies, s. legationum minuere, Cic.: lawful e., s. legitimus, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, ad med. 3. impendium (= impensa, but less freq. and chiefly pl.): without e., sine im., Cic. Quint. 3, 12 (= nulla impensa, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 55, 145): to go to very great e., impendia maxima facere, Plin. Ep.: to be indulged (of a laugh) at the e. of modesty, impendio pudoris constare, Quint.: v. cost. 4. dispendium (esp. in the comic writers): at less e., minore dispendio, Pl.: without e. on one's own part (fig.), sine suo d., Ter. Hec. 5, 2, 29: Col.: Plin. (N.B.--Never pl.) Phr.: funeral e.s, arbitria funeris, Cic. Dom. 37, 98: to carouse at the public e., de publico convivari, Cic. Verr. 3, 44, 105: at a great e., magni (v. price): to live at another's e. (poet.), aliena vivere quadra, Juv.: to get a laugh at any one's e., ludificari aliquem, Pl.: Ter. (v. to fool): to do any thing at the e. of dignity, dignitatis jacturam ob aliquam rem facere cf. Cic. Plan. 2, 6: v. loss.