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|mdlsjtxt=<br />Dep. to [[spare]], Lat. parcere:<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[spare]] persons and things in war, i. e. not [[destroy]] them, c. gen., Hom., Attic:—absol. to [[spare]], be [[merciful]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[spare]] in using, to [[refrain]] from using, use [[sparingly]], ἵππων φειδόμενος, i. e. [[taking]] [[care]] of them, Il.; μὴ [[φείδεο]] σίτου Hes.; [[φείδεο]] τῶν [[νηῶν]] Hdt.; τι φειδόμεσθα τῶν λίθων; why [[refrain]] from using them? Ar.; φ. [[μήτε]] χρημάτων [[μήτε]] πόνων Plat.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> absol. to be [[sparing]], be [[thrifty]], [[live]] [[thriftily]], Theogn.; οἱ γεωργοῦντες καὶ φειδόμενος Dem.:—[[this]] [[part]] is used as adj. = [[φειδωλός]], Ar.:— adv. [[φειδομένως]] [[sparingly]], NTest., Plut.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[draw]] [[back]] from, τοῦ κινδύνου Xen.; φείδου μηδὲν ὧνπερ ἐννοεῖς [[shrink]] not at all from that thou hast in [[mind]], Soph.:—also c. inf. to [[spare]] or [[cease]] to do, [[forbear]] from doing, Eur.