frugality Copy link Outline 1. parsĭmōnia2. dīlĭgentia (carefulness; in whatever sphere)3. frūgālĭtas (used by Cic. in wider sense, as including honesty, sobriety, etc., Tusc. 3, 8, 16) • frugality: 1. parsĭmōnia: how great a fortune is f., quam magnum vectigal sit p., Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49: v. economy. Join: parsimonia et diligentia, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 87. 2. dīlĭgentia (carefulness; in whatever sphere): Cic. l. c.: v. economy. 3. frūgālĭtas (used by Cic. in wider sense, as including honesty, sobriety, etc., Tusc. 3, 8, 16): any falling short in income is made good by f., quod cessat ex reditu frugalitate suppletur, Plin. Ep. 2, 4, 3: Petr.: v. honesty.
FRUGALITY Copy link • FRUGALITYdiligentia: *animus attentus ad rem (both of an economical person or character): parsimonia alicujus rei: frugalitas (love of order, moderation, etc.). Sometimes modestia: continentia.