frugi

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Latin

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Etymology

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The adjective is an adaptation of the dative singular of frūx, originally meaning "(fit) for food".

Noun

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frūgī

  1. dative singular of frūx

Adjective

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frūgī (indeclinable, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter)

  1. frugal, worthy, honest, useful

Usage notes

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The comparative frūgālior and superlative frūgālissimus are formed from frūgālis, which is not attested with the meaning "frugal" in Classical Latin.

References

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  • 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[1], 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[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • frugi”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray