frugalis
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From frūx (“fruits of the earth, produce”), usually in plural frūgēs + -ālis.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fruːˈɡaː.lis/, [fruːˈɡäːlʲɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fruˈɡa.lis/, [fruˈɡäːlis]
Adjective edit
frūgālis (neuter frūgāle, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- pertaining to fruits (or vegetables)
- (Late Latin) economical, frugal, thrifty
Usage notes edit
In Classical Latin, the comparative frūgālior and superlative frūgālissimus are well attested, but the positive degree frūgālis is found only once, meaning "pertaining to fruits". The adjective frūgī was used to mean "frugal".
Declension edit
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | frūgālis | frūgāle | frūgālēs | frūgālia | |
Genitive | frūgālis | frūgālium | |||
Dative | frūgālī | frūgālibus | |||
Accusative | frūgālem | frūgāle | frūgālēs frūgālīs |
frūgālia | |
Ablative | frūgālī | frūgālibus | |||
Vocative | frūgālis | frūgāle | frūgālēs | frūgālia |
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References edit
- “frugalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “frugalis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- frugalis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “frugal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.