saving (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Saving, preservationII. EconomyIII. Only pl.. money spared and laid by • saving (subs.): I. Saving, preservation: conservātio: v. preservation. II. Economy: compendium (in gen. sense): a great s. of wood, magnum ligni c., Plin. 23, 7, 64, init. See also, to save (II.). III. Only pl.. money spared and laid by: vindĕmĭŏla (lit. small vintage, i. e. gleaning): I am taking care of all my little s.s, omnes meas v. reservo, Cic. Att. 1, 10, 3. (N.B.--Peculium means the private property of a slave acquired by little s.s.)