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(adjective) : parcus, a, um, , = παῦρος [v. parco]
* Sparing in any thing, esp. in expenditure; in a good and bad sense, frugal, thrifty, economical; niggardly, penurious, parsimonious (syn.: tenax, restrictus).
* Lit.
* Absol.: detrusisti me ad senem parcissimum,Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 9: patre parco ac tenaci,Cic. Cael. 15, 36: optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus,id. de Or. 2, 71, 287: parcumque genus patiensque laborum,Ov. M. 7, 656: parcā manu offerre aliquid,Hor. C. 3, 16, 43.
* Transf., spare, scanty, little, small, slight (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): parco sale contingere,Verg. G. 3, 403: tellus,Stat. S. 4, 5, 13: lucerna,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 60. vulnus,Sil. 16, 111: merito parcior ira meo,Ov. P. 1, 2, 98: questaque sum vento lintea parca dari,id. H. 21, 79: optima mors parca quae venit apta die,after a short time,Prop. 3, 3, 40 (Parcae quae venit acta die, id. 3, 4, 18 Müll.): et brevis somnus,Plin. Pan. 49.—Adv., in two forms, parce (class.) and parciter (ante- and post-class.).
* In gen., sparing, chary, moderate in any thing: operā haud fui parcus meā,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 14: nimium parcus in largiendā civitate,Cic. Balb. 22, 50: non tam vereor, ne me in laudibus suis parcum, quam ne nimium putet,Plin. Pan. 3, 3: quam modica cultu, quam parca comitatu,id. ib. 83, 7: civium sanguinis parcus,Tac. H. 3, 75: parcissimus somni,Luc. 9, 590: parcissimus vini,Suet. Aug. 77: acies non parca fugae,Sil. 10, 30: beneficiorum parcissimus aestimator,Plin. Pan. 21, 2: parcus Deorum cultor,Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci,Just. 41, 3, 13.—With inf.: parcusque lacessere Martem,Sil. 1, 680: haud parci Martem coluisse,id. 8, 464.—In gen., moderate, not rash nor self-indulgent: somnus sanitatis in homine parco,Vulg. Ecclus. 31, 24.—Comp.: parcior somni,Just. 11, 13, 2.—Sup.: parcissimus somni,Luc. 9, 590.
* Form parcē.
* Sparingly, frugally, thriftily; penuriously, parsimoniously: parce parcus,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 35: vivere parce, continenter, severe, sobrie,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf.: parce ac duriter se habere,Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20: parce et duriter vitam agere,id. And. 1, 1, 47: nimium parce facere sumptum,id. ib. 2, 6, 19: frumentum parce et paulatim metiri,Caes. B. G. 7, 71: cur id tam parce tamque restricte faciant,Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42: parce seminat,Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 6.—Comp.: implet manum parcius,Juv. 6, 546.
* Form parcĭter, sparingly, Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 6: praelibare, Claud. Mam. praef.
* Sparing in any thing, esp. in expenditure; in a good and bad sense, frugal, thrifty, economical; niggardly, penurious, parsimonious (syn.: tenax, restrictus).
* Lit.
* Absol.: detrusisti me ad senem parcissimum,Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 9: patre parco ac tenaci,Cic. Cael. 15, 36: optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus,id. de Or. 2, 71, 287: parcumque genus patiensque laborum,Ov. M. 7, 656: parcā manu offerre aliquid,Hor. C. 3, 16, 43.
* Transf., spare, scanty, little, small, slight (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): parco sale contingere,Verg. G. 3, 403: tellus,Stat. S. 4, 5, 13: lucerna,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 60. vulnus,Sil. 16, 111: merito parcior ira meo,Ov. P. 1, 2, 98: questaque sum vento lintea parca dari,id. H. 21, 79: optima mors parca quae venit apta die,after a short time,Prop. 3, 3, 40 (Parcae quae venit acta die, id. 3, 4, 18 Müll.): et brevis somnus,Plin. Pan. 49.—Adv., in two forms, parce (class.) and parciter (ante- and post-class.).
* In gen., sparing, chary, moderate in any thing: operā haud fui parcus meā,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 14: nimium parcus in largiendā civitate,Cic. Balb. 22, 50: non tam vereor, ne me in laudibus suis parcum, quam ne nimium putet,Plin. Pan. 3, 3: quam modica cultu, quam parca comitatu,id. ib. 83, 7: civium sanguinis parcus,Tac. H. 3, 75: parcissimus somni,Luc. 9, 590: parcissimus vini,Suet. Aug. 77: acies non parca fugae,Sil. 10, 30: beneficiorum parcissimus aestimator,Plin. Pan. 21, 2: parcus Deorum cultor,Hor. C. 1, 34, 1: in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci,Just. 41, 3, 13.—With inf.: parcusque lacessere Martem,Sil. 1, 680: haud parci Martem coluisse,id. 8, 464.—In gen., moderate, not rash nor self-indulgent: somnus sanitatis in homine parco,Vulg. Ecclus. 31, 24.—Comp.: parcior somni,Just. 11, 13, 2.—Sup.: parcissimus somni,Luc. 9, 590.
* Form parcē.
* Sparingly, frugally, thriftily; penuriously, parsimoniously: parce parcus,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 35: vivere parce, continenter, severe, sobrie,Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf.: parce ac duriter se habere,Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20: parce et duriter vitam agere,id. And. 1, 1, 47: nimium parce facere sumptum,id. ib. 2, 6, 19: frumentum parce et paulatim metiri,Caes. B. G. 7, 71: cur id tam parce tamque restricte faciant,Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42: parce seminat,Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 6.—Comp.: implet manum parcius,Juv. 6, 546.
* Form parcĭter, sparingly, Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 6: praelibare, Claud. Mam. praef.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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