brevibus
Dictionary entries
- Entry →brevis, brevis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Literature
short catalog, summary document;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl. - 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);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. 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;
abl. pl. (all)dat. pl. (all)
Examples
Iphicrates
Cornelius Nepos
"...arma mutavit. Cum ante illum imperatorem maximis clipeis, brevibus hastis, minutis gladiis uterentur, ille e contrario peltam..."Liber II
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...motu partim intervallis magnis confulta resultant, pars etiam brevibus spatiis vexantur ab ictu. et quae cumque magis condenso..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...sermo subsultet inparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, gravia acutis, elata summissis, et inaequalitate horum omnium sicut..."Liber IX
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...praeponet longae brevem. Minima est in duabus brevibus offensio. Atque cum aliae subiunguntur aliis, proinde asperiores aut leviores..."
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...immoritur primaevus Helix nec reddita caro nutrimenta patri, brevibus ereptus in annis. at Latagum Zetemque Daraps, illum exigit..."
Liber Secundus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...diva, secundo!' immittitque ratem mediasque intervolat urbes qua brevibus furit aestus aquis Asiamque prementem effugit abruptis Europa immanior..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tibi quas vestes, quae non gestamina mitisfestinabat erus? brevibus constringere laenispectora et angusta telas artare lacerna; 130enormes..."Aeneid X
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pontibus exponit. multi servare recursus languentis pelagi et brevibus se credere saltu, per remos alii. speculatus litora Tarchon..."
