frugalis

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frugalis frugale, frugalior -or -us, frugalissimus -a -um ADJ :: worthy/honest/deserving; thrifty/frugal/simple; temperate/sober; of vegetables

frūgālis: e, adj. frux. *
I Of or belonging to fruits: maturitas, App. de Mundo, p. 71, 29.—
II (Acc. to frugi, v. frux, II. B.) Economical, thrifty, temperate, frugal, provident, careful; and in gen., worthy, virtuous; only in comp. and sup. (Quint. 1, 6, 17, characterizes the use of the positive frugalis for the usual frugi as pedantry): villa frugalior, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3: tanton ... Lesbonicus factus est frugalior? Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 9: dedo patri me nunciam, ut frugalior sim, quam volt, Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 3; Sen. Contr. 3, 21, 20; 5, 31, 13 al.—Sup.: cum optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus esset, Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287: homines frugalissimi, id. Fl. 29, 71.— Hence, adv.: frūgālĭter (acc. to II.), moderately, temperately, thriftily, frugally, economically: rem sobrie et frugaliter accurare, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 38; id. Pers. 4, 1, 1; 6: vivere (with parce), Hor. S. 1, 4, 107; cf.: recte is negat, umquam bene cenasse Gallonium ... quia quod bene, id recte, frugaliter, honeste: ille porro prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat, Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25: loqui, id. ib. 2, 9, 25; cf.: de sublimibus magnifice, de tenuioribus frugaliter dicere, Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.—Comp.: vivere, Lact. Ira D. 20.

frūgālis,¹² e (frux),
1 des moissons : Apul. Mund. 29
2 v. frugalior.

frūgālis, e (frux), I) zu den Früchten gehörig, Frucht-, maturitas, Apul. de mund. 29.#150; II) Nutzen bringend, A) nutzbar eingerichtet, villa frugalior, Varro r. r. 3, 2, 3. – B) tauglich, von Menschen = ordentlich in seinen Geschäften, in der Wirtschaft u. in der Lebensart übh., ordnungsliebend, wirtschaftlich, brav, bieder, factus est frugalior, ein besserer Wirt, solider, Plaut.: ut frugalior sim quam volt (pater), Ter.: semper volui videri frugalior, Sen. rhet.: colonus frugalissimus, Cic.: homines sunt tota ex Asia frugalissimi, Cic. – / Der Positiv frugalis kommt erst bei Spät. vor; die Frühern setzen dafür frugi.