Both Uses of
frugal
in
The Aeneid
- Now when the Night her middle race had rode, And his first slumber had refresh'd the god The time when early housewives leave the bed; When living embers on the hearth they spread, Supply the lamp, and call the maids to rise With yawning mouths, and with half-open'd eyes, They ply the distaff by the winking light, And to their daily labor add the night: Thus frugally they earn their children's bread, And uncorrupted keep the nuptial bed Not less concern'd, nor at a later hour, Rose from his downy couch the forging pow'r.†
Book 8
- Our youth, of labor patient, earn their bread; Hardly they work, with frugal diet fed.†
Book 9 *frugal = careful not to waste
Definition:
avoiding waste -- typically being careful not to spend much money