frugalis

== Latin == === Etymology === From frūx (“fruits of the earth, produce”), usually in plural frūgēs +‎ -ālis. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fruːˈɡaː.lɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [fruˈɡaː.lis] === Adjective === frūgālis (neuter frūgāle, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective pertaining to fruits (or vegetables) (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. ==== Derived terms ==== frūgālitās frūgāliter ==== Related terms ==== frūctus frūgēscō frūgifer fruor frūx ==== Descendants ==== === 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. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “frugal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.