I. Of or belonging to fruits: maturitas, App. de Mundo, p. 71, 29.—
II. (Acc. to frugi, v. frux, II. B.) Economical, thrifty, temperate, frugal, provident, careful; and in gen., worthy, virtuous; only in comp. and sup. (Quint. 1, 6, 17, characterizes the use of the positive frugalis for the usual frugi as pedantry): “villa frugalior,” Varr. R. R. 3, 2, 3: “tanton ... Lesbonicus factus est frugalior?” Plaut. Trin. 3, 1, 9: “dedo patri me nunciam, ut frugalior sim, quam volt,” Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 3; Sen. Contr. 3, 21, 20; 5, 31, 13 al.—Sup.: “cum optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus esset,” Cic. de Or. 2, 71, 287: “homines frugalissimi,” id. Fl. 29, 71.— Hence, adv.: frūgālĭter (acc. to II.), moderately, temperately, thriftily, frugally, economically: “rem sobrie et frugaliter accurare,” Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 38; id. Pers. 4, 1, 1; 6: “vivere (with parce),” Hor. S. 1, 4, 107; cf.: “recte is negat, umquam bene cenasse Gallonium ... quia quod bene, id recte, frugaliter, honeste: ille porro prave, nequiter, turpiter cenabat,” Cic. Fin. 2, 8, 25: “loqui,” id. ib. 2, 9, 25; cf.: “de sublimibus magnifice, de tenuioribus frugaliter dicere,” Fronto, Ep. ad Ver. 1 Mai.—Comp.: “vivere,” Lact. Ira D. 20.
