frugal Copy link Outline 1. frūgi (indecl.2. parcus3. attentus4. dūrus (without luxury or indulgence)5. dīlĭgens • frugal: 1. frūgi (indecl.: being strictly a dat.: often in wider sense = honest): for comp. and sup., frūgālior, frugālissimus: f. living, victus frugi, Quint. 5, 10, 27: a woman so f. and so chaste, mulier tam frugi, tamque pudica, Hor. S. 2, 5, 77: this man lives rather stingily: let him be called f., parcius hic vivit: frugi dicatur, Hor. S. 1, 3, 49: a f. dinner, coena frugi, Plin. Ep. 3, 1, 9: an excellent farmer, very economical, very moderate, very f., optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287: sometimes bonae frugi is found, Cic. Att. 4, 8, b.: Pl.: v. temperate. 2. parcus: v. sparing. 3. attentus: (careful; looking attentively after one's property): you seem to me too harsh and f., durus nimis a.que videris, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 91: a f. life, vita a. [et rusticana], Cic. Rosc. A. 15, 44. 4. dūrus (without luxury or indulgence): cf. Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 4, parce ac duriter vitam agere: v. hardy. 5. dīlĭgens: v. careful.