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parcius

parcius is a Latin form of parcus, meaning “sparing, frugal, thrifty; scanty”. It is the comparative adjective or nominative singular neuter comparative adjective or vocative singular neuter comparative adjective or accusative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 52 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Pro L. Murena 29: … et evertuntur saepe dicendo et sine defensione orationis firma esse non possunt. in qua si satis profecissem, parcius de eius laude dicerem; nunc nihil de me dico, sed de eis qui in dicendo magni sunt aut fuerunt.

Vergil, Eclogues 3.7: Parcius ista viris tamen obicienda memento:

All forms of parcus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.