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Latin
Etymology
From frūx (“fruits of the earth, produce”), usually in plural frūgēs + -ālis.
Pronunciation
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
- Synonyms: (see usage notes) frūgī, parcus
Usage notes
In Classical Latin, the comparative frūgālior and superlative frūgālissimus are well attested, but the positive degree frūgālis is found only once, meaning "pertaining to fruits". The adjective frūgī was used to mean "frugal".
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
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.