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
Liber X
Aulus Gellius
"...delectat, amat autem priora idcirco, quod incompta et brevia et non operosa, sed nativa quadam suavitate sunt quodque..."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..."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..."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..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...prospectu procedamus quam gradu, si non intersistentes offensantesque brevia illa atque concisa singultantium modo eiecturi sumus..."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..."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..."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..."
