wasteful
wasteful
adj.
Extravagant: P. ἄσωτος.
Useless: P. and V. ἀ̆νωφελής ; see useless.Excessive P. and V. περισσός.
Expensive: P. δαπανηρός.
adj.
Extravagant: P. ἄσωτος.
Useless: P. and V. ἀ̆νωφελής ; see useless.Excessive P. and V. περισσός.
Expensive: P. δαπανηρός.
WASTEFUL
Destructive Vid:
Desolate uncultivated Vid:
Prodigal prodigus (of one that does not consider the value of money or possession): profusus: effusus (that lavishes or throws away what he possesses although he knows its value; also said of things; e.g. sumtus; i.e. wasteful expense). Wasteful in anything prodigus or effusus in aliqua re.
Destructive Vid:
Desolate uncultivated Vid:
Prodigal prodigus (of one that does not consider the value of money or possession): profusus: effusus (that lavishes or throws away what he possesses although he knows its value; also said of things; e.g. sumtus; i.e. wasteful expense). Wasteful in anything prodigus or effusus in aliqua re.
wasteful:
I. Destructive: pernĭcĭōsus, ĕdax, etc.: v.DESTRUCTIVE .
II. Ruinously lavish:
1. prōdĭgus: they are w. who lavish their money on things of which they will leave a short-lived memory, prodigi sunt qui pecunias profundunt in eas res quarum memoriam brevem sint relicturi, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55.
2. prŏfūsus: an abandoned and w. spendthrift, perditus ac profusus nepos, Cic. Quint. 12, 40: w. expense, profusi sumptus, ib. 30, 93: w. with his own wealth, sui profusus, Sall. C. 5.
3. effūsus (unrestrainedly w., but not quite so much in dispraise as profusus): who more w. in giving? quis in largitione effusior? Cic. Cael. 6, 13: v.EXTRAVAGANT .
I. Destructive: pernĭcĭōsus, ĕdax, etc.: v.
II. Ruinously lavish:
1. prōdĭgus: they are w. who lavish their money on things of which they will leave a short-lived memory, prodigi sunt qui pecunias profundunt in eas res quarum memoriam brevem sint relicturi, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55.
2. prŏfūsus: an abandoned and w. spendthrift, perditus ac profusus nepos, Cic. Quint. 12, 40: w. expense, profusi sumptus, ib. 30, 93: w. with his own wealth, sui profusus, Sall. C. 5.
3. effūsus (unrestrainedly w., but not quite so much in dispraise as profusus): who more w. in giving? quis in largitione effusior? Cic. Cael. 6, 13: v.