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parsimonia
parsimonia
Latin
Etymology
From variant parcimōnia, from parcus (“sparing, slight”) + -mōnia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /par.siˈmoː.ni.a/, [par.sɪˈmoː.ni.a]
Noun
parsimōnia f (genitive parsimōniae); first declension
- frugality, thrift, parsimony
- Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum; Paradox VI, 49
- O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia.
- O immortal gods! People do not understand how great a revenue parsimony can be.
- O di immortales! non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia.
- Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum; Paradox VI, 49
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | parsimōnia | parsimōniae |
| genitive | parsimōniae | parsimōniārum |
| dative | parsimōniae | parsimōniīs |
| accusative | parsimōniam | parsimōniās |
| ablative | parsimōniā | parsimōniīs |
| vocative | parsimōnia | parsimōniae |
References
- parsimonia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- parsimonia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PARSIMONIA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “parsimonia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.