thrifty
thrifty
adj.
Ar. and P. φειδωλός.
Temperate: P. and V. μέτριος, σώφρων.
Of things, sparse: P. and V. σπά̆νιος, V. σπᾰνιστός.
adj.
Ar. and P. φειδωλός.
Temperate: P. and V. μέτριος, σώφρων.
Of things, sparse: P. and V. σπά̆νιος, V. σπᾰνιστός.
THRIFTY
Careful and industrious cautus ac diligens: providus: diligens.
Frugal frugalis: parcus.
Careful and industrious cautus ac diligens: providus: diligens.
Frugal frugalis: parcus.
thrifty:
I. Thriving, prosperous: prosper, or more freq. prosperus: v.PROSPEROUS , SUCCESSFUL .
II. Economical:
1. frūgi (prop. a dat.: often strengthened by bonae: used as an indecl. adj.: comp. frūgālior, sup. frūgālissĭmus): he lives rather sparingly: let him be called t., parcius hic vivit, frugi dicatur, Hor. S. 1, 3, 49: v.ECONOMICAL .
2. parcus (often in a bad sense, niggard): v.SPARING .
I. Thriving, prosperous: prosper, or more freq. prosperus: v.
II. Economical:
1. frūgi (prop. a dat.: often strengthened by bonae: used as an indecl. adj.: comp. frūgālior, sup. frūgālissĭmus): he lives rather sparingly: let him be called t., parcius hic vivit, frugi dicatur, Hor. S. 1, 3, 49: v.
2. parcus (often in a bad sense, niggard): v.