frugalis

From frūx (“fruits of the earth, produce”), usually in plural frūgēs +‎ -ālis.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fruːˈɡaː.lis/, [fruːˈɡäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fruˈɡa.lis/, [fruˈɡäːlis]

frūgālis (neuter frūgāle, comparative frūgālior, superlative frūgālissimus, adverb frūgāliter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. pertaining to fruits (or vegetables)
2. (Late Latin) economical, frugal, thrifty

   Synonyms: (see usage notes) frūgī, parcus

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".

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• frūgālitās
• frūgāliter

• frūctus
• frūgēscō
• frūgifer
• fruor
• frūx

• “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.
• “frugal”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.