stingy
stingy
adj.
Ar. and P. φειδωλός ; see mean.
adj.
Ar. and P. φειδωλός ; see mean.
STINGY
parcus: tenax: sordidus: illiberalis (Liv.).
parcus: tenax: sordidus: illiberalis (Liv.).
stingy:
1. sordĭdus: so s. as never to dress better than a slave, ita s. ut se non unquam melius servo vestiret, Hor. S. 1, 1, 96.
2. tĕnax, ācis: H. Is his father s.? Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax (very s.), Pl. Capt. 2, 2, 39.
3. parcus (more usual in good sense: frugal): s. in money, pecuniae p. et tenax, Suet. Tib. 46.
4. illībĕrālis, e (rare in this sense): a s. advance (of money), illib. adjectio, Liv. 38, 14: v.ILLIBERAL .
1. sordĭdus: so s. as never to dress better than a slave, ita s. ut se non unquam melius servo vestiret, Hor. S. 1, 1, 96.
2. tĕnax, ācis: H. Is his father s.? Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax (very s.), Pl. Capt. 2, 2, 39.
3. parcus (more usual in good sense: frugal): s. in money, pecuniae p. et tenax, Suet. Tib. 46.
4. illībĕrālis, e (rare in this sense): a s. advance (of money), illib. adjectio, Liv. 38, 14: v.