The corpus record — Latin

parcitas

parcitas · f

sparingness

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Where it lives

Peristephanon Liber 1 · 0.57/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.23/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k

What it meant

parcĭtas — Lewis & Short

parcĭtas, ātis, f.parcus,

I sparingness, parsimony (post-Aug.): animadversionum, Sen. Clem. 7, 22: moderatio, parcitas, sobrietas, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 8: ciborum, Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 8, 118; Pall. 1, 26, 1.—

2 Mercy, moderation: sine ullā parcitate verberare aliquem, Cassiod. 3, Hist. Eccl. 2; id. ib. 6, 12.

In the wild

parcitatem Prudentius, Peristephanon Liber 10.359
parcitate Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 49.9
parcitate Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 54.8

Where it came from

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