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Latin
Etymology
The adjective is an adaptation of the dative singular of frūx, originally meaning "(fit) for food".
Noun
frūgī
- dative singular of frūx
Adjective
frūgī (indeclinable, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter)
- frugal, worthy, honest, useful
Usage notes
The comparative frūgālior and superlative frūgālissimus are formed from frūgālis, which is not attested with the meaning "frugal" in Classical Latin.
References
- “frugi”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frugi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frugi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be economical: diligentem, frugi esse
- (ambiguous) a good, useful slave: frugi (opp. nequam) servus
- frugi in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “frugi”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray