brevia
Dictionary entries
- Entry →Breve, Brevis:
Neuter · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Age:
- Medieval
- Field:
- Religion
Papal letter, Brief;; shallow water, shallows; a short/brief space of time; short speech, a few words;; short catalog, summary document; brief reply (Cal);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →brevio, breviare, breviavi, breviatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Literature
shorten, abridge; abbreviate (speech/writing); pronounce short;
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →brevium, brevii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Religion
brief, abstract, epitome; summary document; Papal documents on minor matters;; narrow places (pl.); shallows, shoals; difficulties;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl. - Entry →brevis, breve, brevior -or -us, brevissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
short, little, small, stunted; brief, concise, quick; narrow, shallow; humble;
acc. pl. (n.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. pl. (n.)
Examples
- A
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...delectat, amat autem priora idcirco, quod incompta et brevia et non operosa, sed nativa quadam suavitate sunt quodque..." - L
Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...coarguitur. Tanti putemus oculos intendere: iam apparebit quam brevia, quam incerta, quam tuta timeantur. Talis est animorum nostrorum..." - L
Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...nihil sanantibus litteris - omnes istos oblectamenta fallacia et brevia decipiunt, sicut ebrietas, quae unius horae hilarem insaniam longi..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Melius illud, cum sint in sermone omni brevia quaedam membra ad quae, si necesse sit, recipere spiritum liceat..." - M
Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...prospectu procedamus quam gradu, si non intersistentes offensantesque brevia illa atque concisa singultantium modo eiecturi sumus..." - M
Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...paucioribus verbis satis plena vel nimium, alia pluribus brevia et abscisa sint? cur in circumductionibus, etiam cum sensus..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...pudeatne me in ipsis statim elementis etiam brevia docendi monstrare compendia? Neque enim mihi illud saltem placet, quod..." - M
V
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...ferre non poterat, in quo mihi pirata vendebat brevia oscula, paucos dies. si mehercules uterque fuisset aeger, illum..."
