brevi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbrɛ.vi/
• Rhymes: -ɛvi
• Hyphenation: brè‧vi

Adjective

brevi

1. plural of breve

Verb

brevi

1. inflection of breviare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   3. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• bervi, verbi

Latin

Etymology

From ablative of brevis (“short, small”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.u̯iː/, [ˈbreu̯iː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.vi/, [ˈbrɛːvi]

Adverb

brevī (not comparable)

1. soon, shortly
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.1:

     Brevi stirpis quoque virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit

     In a short time, moreover, there was a male scion out of the new marriage

2. briefly, with few words

Synonyms

• (briefly): breviter
• (soon): mox, extemplo, propere

Related terms

• brevis
• brevitās

Descendants

From in + *breve

• French: en bref
• Italian: in breve
• Portuguese: em breve
• Spanish: en breve

Adjective

brevī

1. dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of brevis

References

• “brevi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• brevi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
    
  • in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
    
  • in short; to be brief: ut brevi comprehendam
    
  • in short; to be brief: ut brevi praecīdam
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)