frugalis

Latin

Etymology

From frūx (“fruits of the earth, produce”), usually in plural frūgēs +‎ -ālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fruːˈɡaː.lis/, [fruːˈɡäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fruˈɡa.lis/, [fruˈɡäːlis]

Adjective

frūgālis (neuter frūgāle, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. pertaining to fruits (or vegetables)
2. (Late Latin) economical, frugal, thrifty

   Synonyms: (see usage notes) frūgī, parcus

Usage notes

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

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
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

Derived terms

• frūgālitās
• frūgāliter

Related terms

• frūctus
• frūgēscō
• frūgifer
• fruor
• frūx

Descendants

• Catalan: frugal
• English: frugal
• French: frugal
• Galician: frugal
• Italian: frugale
• Portuguese: frugal
• Romanian: frugal
• Spanish: frugal

References

• “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.