spare (v.) Copy link Outline I. To use economically or refrain from using at allII. To accumulate by economyIII. To refrain from doing anythingIV. To treat with mercyV. To save from undergoing pain, etc. • spare (v.): I. To use economically or refrain from using at all: parco, pĕperci, parsum and -cĭtum, 3 (with dat.): not to s. expense, labour, or risk, nec impensae nec labori nec periculo p., Liv. 35, 44: I will s. no pains, non parcam operae, Cic. Fam. 13, 27. In older writers with acc., Cato: Pl. Also, parcē utor: v. sparingly. See also to stint. Phr.: to s. no entreaties, omni ope contendere ut ..., Suet. Dom. 2; petere et summe contendere, Cic. Quint. 24, 77. II. To accumulate by economy: comperco (-parco), 3: Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 10. See also to save (III.). In sim. sense, parco: Virg. Aen. 10, 532. III. To refrain from doing anything: parco, fŭgio: v. to forbear. IV. To treat with mercy: parco, 3: to s. the subject, p. subjectis, Virg. Aen. 6, 854: to s. women and children, mulieribus, infantibus p., Caes. V. To save from undergoing pain, etc.: parco, 3; with a and abl. of that which is prevented: cf. Liv. 25, 25, med., legati ... precantes ut a caedibus et incendiis parceretur. Phr.: I s.d myself the occurrence of this anguish, hujus acerbitatis eventum vitavi, Cic. Att. 3, 9, med.: s. the commonwealth this danger, a quo periculo prohibete rempublicam, id. Man. 7.