frugalis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fruːˈɡaː.lis/, [fruːˈɡäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fruˈɡa.lis/, [fruˈɡäːlis]
Adjective
frūgālis (neuter frūgāle, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- pertaining to fruits (or vegetables)
- (Late Latin) economical, frugal, thrifty
Usage notes
In Classical Latin, the comparative frūgālior and superlative frūgālissimus are well attested, but the positive degree Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) is found only once, meaning "pertaining to fruits". The adjective frūgī was used to mean "frugal".
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “frugalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frugalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frugalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “frugal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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