LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

parsimōnia

parsimōnia f (genitive parsimōniae)
Classical[par.sɪˈmoː.ni.a]Ecclesiastical[par.siˈmɔː.ni.a]

Meaning

  1. frugality, thrift, parsimony
    Ō dī immortālēs! nōn intellegunt hominēs, quam magnum vectīgal sit parsimōnia.O immortal gods! People do not understand how great a revenue parsimony can be.46 BCE, Cicero, Paradoxa Stoicorum 49

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeparsimōniaparsimōniae
parcimōniae
genitiveparsimōniae
parcimōniae		parsimōniārum
parcimōniārum
dativeparsimōniae
parcimōniae		parsimōniīs
parcimōniīs
accusativeparsimōniam
parcimōniam		parsimōniās
parcimōniās
ablativeparsimōniāparsimōniīs
parcimōniīs
vocativeparsimōniaparsimōniae
parcimōniae

parsĭmōnĭa (parcĭmōnĭa), ae (collat. form, PARCIMONIVM, Inscr. Donat. 35, 4), f. parco,
I. sparingness, frugality, thrift, parsimony.
I. Lit.: dies noctesque estur, bibitur, neque quisquam parsimoniam adhibet, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 78: parsimonia et duritia, id. ib. 1, 2, 75; id. Truc. 2, 2, 55; Ter. Heaut. 3, 1, 32; Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 3, § 7: res familiaris conservatur diligentiā et parsimoniā, id. Off. 2, 24, 87: non intellegunt homines, quam magnum vectigal sit parsimonia, id. Par. 6, 3, 49: instrumenti et supellectilis, Suet. Aug. 73.—In plur. (anteand post-class.): veteres mores veteresque parsimoniae, Plaut. Trin. 4, 3, 21: adesto castis, Christe, parsimoniis, i. e. at the fasts, Prud. Cath. 7, 3: sine parsimoniā, lavishly, Amm. 15, 4, 8.—Prov.: sera parsimonia in fundo est, it is too late to spare when all is spent, Sen. Ep. 1, 5 (cf. the Gr. δεινὴ δʼ ἐϝὶ πυθμένι φειδώ, Hesiod. Ἔργ. 369).—
II. Trop.: sunt pleraeque aptae hujus ipsius orationis parsimoniae, Cic. Or. 25, 84 (v. the passage in connection).

Origins

From parcō (“to spare, save up”) + -mōnia. Per De Vaan, built on the verb's perfect stem pars- (as in parsī).

Descendants
  • Catalanparsimònia
  • Englishparsimonyfrom Middle French parsimonie
  • Frenchparcimoniefrom Middle French parsimonie
  • Romanianparcimoniefrom Middle French parsimonie
  • Italianparsimonia
  • Portugueseparcimónia
  • Portugueseparcimônia
  • Spanishparsimonia
  • Indonesianparsimonifrom Middle French parsimonie
  • Galicianparsimonia

Quick answers

What does parsimōnia mean in Latin?
parsimōnia, a noun, means “frugality, thrift, parsimony”.
What is the genitive of parsimōnia?
The genitive singular is parsimōniae. parsimōnia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce parsimōnia?
In classical Latin, [par.sɪˈmoː.ni.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [par.siˈmɔː.ni.a].