frugi
Latin
editEtymology
editThe adjective is an adaptation of the dative singular of frūx, originally meaning "(fit) for food".
Noun
editfrūgī
Adjective
editfrūgī (indeclinable, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter)
Usage notes
editThe comparative frūgālior and superlative frūgālissimus are formed from frūgālis, which is not attested with the meaning "frugal" in Classical Latin.
References
edit- “frugi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frugi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frugi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be economical: diligentem, frugi esse
- (ambiguous) a good, useful slave: frugi (opp. nequam) servus
- (ambiguous) to be economical: diligentem, frugi esse
- frugi in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “frugi”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray