frugal

From LSJ

ὁ μὴ δαρεὶς ἄνθρωπος οὐ παιδεύεται → spare the rod and spoil the child | οne who hasn't been flayed is not being taught | if the man was not beaten, he is not educated | the man, who was not paddled, is not educated

Source

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

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adjective

of persons, sparing: Ar. and P. φειδωλός (also with gen. following).

temperate: P. and V. μέτριος, σώφρων.

of things, spare: P. and V. σπάνιος, V. σπανιστός.

German > Latin

frugal, s. einfach, genügsam.