spare (adj.) Copy link Outline I. Thin, leanII. Over and above what is necessary • spare (adj.): I. Thin, lean: exīlis, grăcĭlis, strĭgōsus: v. thin, scraggy. II. Over and above what is necessary: subsĕcīvus: s. time, s. tempora, Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 9: also, temporum subseciva, Quint. 1, 12, 13.