- a desert nomad's austere life.
- a hefty six-footer with a rather severe mien.
- a parent severe to the pitch of hostility.
- a spartan diet.
- a spartan existence.
- a Spartan upbringing.
- a strict disciplinarian.
- Be systematically ascetic...do...something for no other reason than that you would rather not do it.
- spartan courage.