com-parcō

parco, pĕperci, less freq. parsi (the former constantly in Cic. and Cæs., the latter ante-class. and post-Aug.: parcui, Naev. ap. Non. 153, 21, or Com. 69 Rib.; part. fut. parsurus, Liv. 26, 13, 16; Suet. Tib. 62:

parciturus,

Hier. Ep. 14, 2), parsum, and less correctly parcĭtum, 3, v. n. and a. [for sparco; Gr. sparnos, rare; cf. Engl. spare; but v. also paucus, parvus], to act sparingly, be sparing with respect to a thing, to spare; constr. usually with dat. or absol.; ante-class. also with acc.

Lit.

Of things (rare but class.).

With dat.:

nihil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:

operae meae,

id. Mil. 4, 9, 3:

te rogo sumptu ne parcas,

Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2:

non parcam operae,

id. ib. 13, 27, 1:

nec impensae, nec labori, nec periculo parsurum,

Liv. 35, 44:

petit, ne cui rei parcat ad ea perficienda,

Nep. Paus. 2, 5.—

Absol.:

frumentum se exigue dierum XXX. habere, sed paulo etiam longius tolerare posse parcendo,

Caes. B. G. 7, 71, 4.— Poet.:

parcens = parcus: parcentes ego dexteras Odi (= parcius administrantes vinum, flores, etc.),

Hor. C. 3, 19, 21.—

With acc. (ante-class. and poet.):

oleas,

Cato, R. R. 58:

pecuniam,

Plaut. Curc. 3, 11:

argenti atque auri memoras quae multa talenta, Gnatis parce tuis,

spare, reserve for your children, Verg. A. 10, 532 Serv.—Prov.:

qui parcit virgae odit filium,

Vulg. Prov. 13, 24.—

Of persons, to spare, have mercy upon, forbear to injure or punish (eccl. and late Lat.), usually with dat.:

non pepercisti filio tuo,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 16; id. 2 Pet. 2, 4 et saep.—

Trop.

To spare, i. e. to preserve by sparing, to use carefully, not to injure.

With dat.:

tibi parce,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 112:

justitia autem praecipit, parcere omnibus, consulere generi hominum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12: aedificiis omnibus publicis et privatis, id. Verr. 2, 4, 54, § 120:

amicitiis et dignitatibus,

id. Or. 26, 89; id. Phil. 2, 24, 59:

non aetate confectis, non mulieribus, non infantibus pepercerunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 28:

subjectis, sed debellare superbos,

Verg. A. 6, 853:

ne reliquis quidem nepotibus parsurus creditur,

Suet. Tib. 62:

alicujus auribus,

i. e. to refrain from speaking on disagreeable topics, Cic. Quint. 12, 40; so,

auribus et consuetudini,

id. de Or. 3, 43, 170:

valetudini,

id. Fam. 11, 27, 1:

famae,

Prop. 1, 16, 11:

oculis,

i. e. to turn away one's eyes from an unpleasant sight, id. 4, 9, 35:

luminibus,

Tib. 1, 2, 33; Suet. Dom. 11:

parcit Cognatis maculis similis fera,

Juv. 15, 159.—

With in and acc. (ante-and post-class.):

neque parcit in hostes,

Lucr. 6, 399:

parce in feminam,

App. M. 1, p. 105, 39.—

Absol. ( poet.):

thyrso parcente ferit,

i. e. lightly, Stat. Ach. 1, 572.—

To abstain or refrain from doing a thing; to forbear, leave off, desist, stop, cease, let alone, omit (cf.: desino, mitto): meo labori non parsi, Cato ap. Fest. p. 242 Müll.; cf. Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 3; id. Pers. 2, 5, 11; so,

neque parcetur labori,

Cic. Att. 2, 14, 2:

auxilio,

to make no use of proffered assistance, id. Planc. 35, 86:

lamentis,

Liv. 6, 3:

bello,

abstain from, Verg. A. 9, 656:

hibernis parcebant flatibus Euri,

id. G. 2, 339:

parce metu,

cease from, id. A. 1, 257.—

With inf., to refrain, forbear (not in class. prose):

visere opera tua,

Cato, R. R. 1, 1:

hancine ego vitam parsi perdere,

Ter. Hec. 3, 1, 2:

proinde parce, sis, fidem ac jura societatis jactare,

Liv. 34, 32:

parcite, oves, nimium procedere,

Verg. E. 3, 94:

pias scelerare manus,

id. A. 3, 42:

defundere vinum,

Hor. S. 2, 2, 58:

ne parce dare,

id. C. 1, 28, 23:

parce postea paupertatem cuiquam objectare,

App. Mag. 23, p. 289, 3; Aug. Ep. 43, 24:

ori,

to refrain from speaking, Vulg. Job, 7, 11.—

With acc.:

parcito linguam in sacrificiis dicebatur, i. e. coërceto, contineto, taceto,

Fest. p. 222 Müll.—

With ab, to desist from:

precantes, ut a caedibus et ab incendiis parceretur,

Liv. 25, 25, 6; so with abl. alone:

caede,

Aus. Epigr. 130, 4.

com-parco ( conp-) or comperco (Sol. 22, 17), parsi or persi, 3, v. a., to save, husband well, lay up (ante- and post-class.).

Prop.:

quod ille compersit miser,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 10:

cibum,

Fronto, Laud. Neglig. 2, p. 371; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 32 fin. —

Trop., to abstain, forbear; with inf.:

conperce, amabo, me attrectare,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 137; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 5 Müll.

com-parco ( conp-) or comperco (Sol. 22, 17), parsi or persi, 3, v. a., to save, husband well, lay up (ante- and post-class.).

Prop.:

quod ille compersit miser,

Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 10:

cibum,

Fronto, Laud. Neglig. 2, p. 371; Pacat. Pan. Theod. 32 fin. —

Trop., to abstain, forbear; with inf.:

conperce, amabo, me attrectare,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 137; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 60, 5 Müll.

părum, subst. indecl. and adv. (for the comp. and sup. mĭnus and mĭnĭme are used; v. h. vv. sub parvus) [akin to parvus and pauros: cf. parco], too little, not enough (opp. satis and nimium).

Lit.

Subst.

With gen.:

in hac enim satis erat copiae, in illā autem leporis parum,

Cic. Brut. 68, 240:

non parum humanitatis (= satis),

id. Rosc. Com. 16, 46:

satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum,

Sall. C. 5, 4:

Latini sanguinis,

Hor. Epod. 7, 4:

splendoris,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 111.—

Absol.:

magis offendit nimium quam parum,

Cic. Or. 22, 73; cf.:

in hoc genere nimium quod est offendit vementius quam id, quod videtur parum,

id. ib. 53, 178:

melius est parum cum timore Domini,

Vulg. Prov. 15, 16; 16, 8.—

Adverb.

With verbs:

parum praedicas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 218:

consulitis parum,

Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 36:

parum procedit quod ago,

id. And. 4, 1, 56:

si parum intellexti,

Plaut. Rud. 4, 4, 59:

quaero ex te, quae parum accepi,

Cic. N. D. 3, 1, 4:

cum parum memineris, quod concesseris,

id. Inv. 1, 47, 88:

credere alicui,

Caes. B. C. 2, 31:

affirmatur,

Tac. H. 4, 60.—

Parum est, videtur, etc., it is, seems, not enough, not sufficient: parum habere, to deem it not enough, to be not content with any thing:

immo duas dabo, una si parum est,

Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 44:

rebus servandis centuplex murus parum'st,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 11:

parumne est, quod nobis succenset senex, Ni instigemus etiam?

Ter. Phorm. 3, 3, 13:

parumne est, quod tantum homines fefellisti, ut neglegeres auctoritatem senatūs,

Cic. Sest. 14, 32; often followed by nisi:

consules parum sībi videri praefati pro merito eorum suā voce conlaudari eos, nisi, etc.,

Liv. 27, 10, 5:

parum fuisse non laudari Africanum... nisi, etc.,

id. 38, 54, 9; 6, 40, 8; 42, 4, 6;

38, 54, 9: parum est, ut in curiam venias, nisi, etc.,

Plin. Pan. 60; rarely by si:

parum est, si in partem ejus venis, etc.,

Liv. 6, 40, 18:

ceu parum sit in tantam pervenire altitudinem,

Plin. 31, 1, 1: non nocuisse parum est;

prodest quoque,

Ov. F. 2, 415:

quid satis est, si Roma parum?

Luc. 5, 274:

haec talia facinora impune suscepisse parum habuere,

Sall. J. 31, 9: templum violare parum habuisse, nisi, etc., Liv. 42, 3; Vell. 2, 76 fin. parum est, aegrum non esse, Tac. Or. 23.—

With adjectives, not sufficiently, too little. sunt ea quidem parum firma, Cic. Att. 10, 11:

si parum multi sunt, qui, etc.,

id. Planc. 7, 18:

parum multae necessitudines,

id. ib. 30, 72; id. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

blanda es parum,

Plaut. Cas. 3, 3, 21: dum pudet te parum optimatem esse, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 2:

parum claris lucem dare coget,

Hor. A. P. 448:

castis,

id. C. 1, 12, 59.—

With adverbs:

nemo parum diu vixit, qui, etc.,

not enough, not sufficiently, Cic. Tusc. 1, 45, 109:

diligenter,

id. Att. 10, 9:

mature,

Liv. 21, 3:

cui rei parum diligenter ab iis erat provisum,

Caes. B. G. 3, 18, 6:

si quando dictum est: est autem dictum non parum saepe,

often enough, Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 12:

cum non parum liberaliter domum suam homines invitaret,

Nep. Att. 13, 6; cf.:

parum in tempore,

not in good season, too late, Tac. A. 1, 19.—

Transf., in gen., not particularly, not very, little (perh. only postAug.), v. Madv. ad Cic. Fin. 781 sq.; Dietsch ad Sall. J. 85, 31.

With adjectives:

semper fuerunt non parum multi, qui, etc.,

not few, Quint. 6, 2, 3; so,

scripsit non parum multa,

id. 10, 1, 124.—

With verbs:

non sunt composita mea verba: parum id facio,

I care little for it, Sall. J. 85, 31 Kritz (but the true read. is parvi, Dietsch ad loc.; Madv. ad Cic. Fin. p. 781):

dolebimus, sed parum,

Sen. Ep. 116, 7:

nihil aut certe parum, intererat,

Plin. Pan. 20, 3:

(littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

it is hardly sounded, Quint. 9, 4, 40; 8, 3, 5:

possessa ipso transitu Vicetia: quod per se parum, etc.,

Tac. H. 3, 8:

non principatus appetens, parum effugerat ne dignus crederetur (= vix),

id. ib. 3, 39 fin. (Cic. Tusc. 5, 14, 41, the better read. is: qui pauca metuit, Bait.).