I.sparingness, frugality, thrift, parsimony.
I. Lit.: “dies noctesque estur, bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet,” Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78: “parsimonia et duritia,” id. ib. 1, 2, 75; id. Truc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 32; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7: “res familiaris conservatur diligentiā et parsimoniā,” id. Off. 2, 24, 87: “non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia,” id. Par. 6, 3, 49: “instrumenti et supellectilis,” Suet. Aug. 73.—In plur. (anteand post-class.): “veteres mores veteresque parsimoniae,” Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 21: “adesto castis, Christe, parsimoniis,” i. e. at the fasts, Prud. Cath. 7, 3: “sine parsimoniā,” lavishly, Amm. 15, 4, 8.—Prov.: “sera parsimonia in fundo est,” it is too late to spare when all is spent, Sen. Ep. 1, 5 (cf. the Gr. δεινὴ δ̓ ἐϝὶ πυθμένι φειδώ, Hesiod. Ε῎ργ. 369).—
II. Trop.: “sunt pleraeque aptae hujus ipsius orationis parsimoniae,” Cic. Or. 25, 84 (v. the passage in connection).
