parcus — Lewis & Short
parcus, a, um, adj., = pau=ros [v. parco],
I sparing in any thing, esp. in expenditure; in a good and bad sense, frugal, thrifty, economical; niggardly, penurious, parsimonious (syn.: tenax, restrictus).
I Lit.
(a) Absol.:
detrusisti me ad senem parcissimum,Plaut. Aul. 2, 5, 9:
patre parco ac tenaci,Cic. Cael. 15, 36:
optimus colonus, parcissimus, modestissimus, frugalissimus,id. de Or. 2, 71, 287:
parcumque genus patiensque laborum,Ov. M. 7, 656:
parcā manu offerre aliquid,Hor. C. 3, 16, 43.—
(b) With gen.:
veteris non parcus aceti,Hor. S. 2, 2, 62:
donandi parca juventus,id. ib. 2, 5, 79:
pecuniae,Tac. H. 1, 49:
pecuniae parcus ac tenax,Suet. Tib. 46.—
B In gen., sparing, chary, moderate in any thing:
operā haud fui parcus meā,Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 14:
nimium parcus in largiendā civitate,Cic. Balb. 22, 50:
non tam vereor, ne me in laudibus suis parcum, quam ne nimium putet,Plin. Pan. 3, 3:
quam modica cultu, quam parca comitatu,id. ib. 83, 7:
civium sanguinis parcus,Tac. H. 3, 75:
parcissimus somni,Luc. 9, 590:
parcissimus vini,Suet. Aug. 77:
acies non parca fugae,Sil. 10, 30:
beneficiorum parcissimus aestimator,Plin. Pan. 21, 2:
parcus Deorum cultor,Hor. C. 1, 34, 1:
in libidinem projecti, in cibum parci,Just. 41, 3, 13.—With inf.:
parcusque lacessere Martem,Sil. 1, 680:
haud parci Martem coluisse,id. 8, 464.—In gen., moderate, not rash nor self-indulgent:
somnus sanitatis in homine parco,Vulg. Ecclus. 31, 24.—Comp.:
parcior somni,Just. 11, 13, 2.—Sup.:
parcissimus somni,Luc. 9, 590.—
II Transf., spare, scanty, little, small, slight (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
parco sale contingere,Verg. G. 3, 403:
tellus,Stat. S. 4, 5, 13:
lucerna,Prop. 4 (5), 3, 60.
vulnus,Sil. 16, 111:
merito parcior ira meo,Ov. P. 1, 2, 98:
questaque sum vento lintea parca dari,id. H. 21, 79:
optima mors parca quae venit apta die,after a short time, Prop. 3, 3, 40 (Parcae quae venit acta die, id. 3, 4, 18 Müll.):
et brevis somnus,Plin. Pan. 49.—Adv., in two forms, parce (class.) and parciter (ante- and post-class.).
A Form parcē.
1 Sparingly, frugally, thriftily; penuriously, parsimoniously:
parce parcus,Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 35: vivere parce, continenter, severe, sobrie, Cic. Off. 1, 30, 106; cf.:
parce ac duriter se habere,Ter. Ad. 1, 1, 20:
parce et duriter vitam agere,id. And. 1, 1, 47:
nimium parce facere sumptum,id. ib. 2, 6, 19:
frumentum parce et paulatim metiri,Caes. B. G. 7, 71:
cur id tam parce tamque restricte faciant,Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:
parce seminat,Vulg. 2 Cor. 9, 6.—Comp.:
implet manum parcius,Juv. 6, 546.—
2 In gen., sparingly, moderately, cautiously:
scripsi de te parce et timide,Cic. Fam. 6, 7, 3:
parce et molliter aliquem laedere,id. ib. 1, 9, 23:
gaudere,Phaedr. 4, 16:
mirari,Sil. 10, 474; 15, 756; Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 3; 5, 7, 4.— Comp.:
parcius dicere de laude alicujus,Cic. Mur. 13, 29:
parcius ista viris tamen obicienda memento,Verg. E. 3, 7:
parcius Andromachen vexavit Achaia victrix,Ov. H. 8, 13:
parcius quatiunt fenestras,rarely, seldom, Hor. C. 1, 25, 1; Quint. 9, 2, 69.— Sup.:
civitatem Romanam parcissime dedit,Suet. Aug. 40:
ut parcissime dicam, nemo historicorum commendavit magis,Quint. 10, 1, 101.—
B Form parcĭter, sparingly, Pompon. ap. Non. 515, 6: praelibare, Claud. Mam. praef.