sparing
sparing
subs.
P. and V. φειδώ, ἡ (Thuc. and Eur. Frag.).
subs.
P. and V. φειδώ, ἡ (Thuc. and Eur. Frag.).
sparing
adj.
Ar. and P. φειδωλός.
Scanty: P. and V. σπά̆νιος.
adj.
Ar. and P. φειδωλός.
Scanty: P. and V. σπά̆νιος.
SPARING
(Of things) angustus: tenuis. (The words are found in this connection and order.) tenuis et angustus: exiguus: parvus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) tenuis et exiguus (☞ parcus in this use of it only in the poets; the best prose writers apply it exclusively to persons).
(Of persons) parcus (the proper word): restrictus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) parcus et restrictus: tenax. (The words are found in this connection and order.) parcus et tenax: restrictus et tenax: frugi (comparative frugalior superlative frugalissimus; the positive frugalis was not in use): malignus. To be sparing of anything parce dare aliquid (e.g. civitatem Romanam parcissime dedit Suet. Oct. 40). So sparing was he of time tanta alicui erat parsimonia temporis (Plin. Ep. 3 5 12).
(Of things) angustus: tenuis. (The words are found in this connection and order.) tenuis et angustus: exiguus: parvus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) tenuis et exiguus (☞ parcus in this use of it only in the poets; the best prose writers apply it exclusively to persons).
(Of persons) parcus (the proper word): restrictus. (The words are found in this connection and order.) parcus et restrictus: tenax. (The words are found in this connection and order.) parcus et tenax: restrictus et tenax: frugi (comparative frugalior superlative frugalissimus; the positive frugalis was not in use): malignus. To be sparing of anything parce dare aliquid (e.g. civitatem Romanam parcissime dedit Suet. Oct. 40). So sparing was he of time tanta alicui erat parsimonia temporis (Plin. Ep. 3 5 12).
sparing (adj.): parcus (absol. or with gen. of that which is sparingly used; also in and abl.): to offer with s. hand, p. manu offerre, Hor. Od. 3, 16, 43: s. of blood, p. sanguinis (civium), Tac. H. 3, 75: too s. in the bestowment of the franchise, nimium p. in largienda civitate, Cic. Balb. 22. See also FRUGAL , ECONOMICAL . Stronger than parcus, are sordidus (v. MEAN ) and mălignus (v. STINGY , STINTED ). Tenax = CLOSE-FISTED . To be s. of anything, parcere with dat. (v. TO SPARE ): foll. by inf., Hor. S. 2, 2, 58, nisi mutatum, parcit defendere vinum.