parcus

Latin

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, parcō + -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈpar.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈpar.kus]

Adjective

parcus (feminine parca, neuter parcum, comparative parcior, superlative parcissimus); first/second-declension adjective

1. sparing, frugal, thrifty

   Synonym: frūgālis

2. scanty, slight, little, small

   Synonyms: modicus, paucus, perpaucus

   Antonym: nimius

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	parcus	parca	parcum		parcī	parcae	parca
genitive	parcī	parcae	parcī		parcōrum	parcārum	parcōrum
dative	parcō	parcae	parcō		parcīs
accusative	parcum	parcam	parcum		parcōs	parcās	parca
ablative	parcō	parcā	parcō		parcīs
vocative	parce	parca	parcum		parcī	parcae	parca

Derived terms

• parcē
• parcitās
• parciter

Descendants

• Catalan: parc
• Italian: parco
• Portuguese: parco
• Spanish: parco

Etymology 2

Noun

parcus m (genitive parcī); second declension

1. alternative form of parricus (“enclosure, fence”)

Further reading

• “parcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “parcus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "parcus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “parcus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• parcus, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011