brevis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →brevis, brevis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Literature
short catalog, summary document;
acc. pl.gen. sg.nom. pl.nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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);
gen. sg. - 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. (m./f.)gen. sg. (all)nom. sg. (m./f.)voc. sg. (m./f.)
Examples
- M
In Catilinam I
Marcus Tullius Cicero from Catilinarian Orations
"...patientiam famis, frigoris, inopiae rerum omnium, quibus te brevi tempore confectum esse senties. [27] Tantum profeci..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...sensu careat, dolor in longinquitate levis, in gravitate brevis soleat esse, ut eius magnitudinem celeritas, diuturnitatem allevatio consoletur..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...illa Epicurea tamquam de narthecio proment: 'Si gravis, brevis; si longus, levis.' Unum nescio, quo modo possit..." - M
Liber Tertius
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...dicturus, sed aliquid, ut ego suspicor, ex mea brevi responsione arripere cupienti non respondebo ad singula, explicabo potius..." - P
Metamorphoses I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...modo vena fuit, sub eodem nomine mansit, inque brevi spatio superorum numine saxa missa viri manibus faciem traxere..." - P
Metamorphoses III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...Marte cadunt subiti per mutua vulnera fratres. iamque brevis vitae spatium sortita iuventus sanguineam tepido plangebat pectore matrem..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...lacrimarum longa manere tempora vos poterunt, ad opem brevis hora ferendam est. hanc ego si peterem Perseus Iove..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...occidere et redire possunt: nobis cum semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda. da mi basia..."
