βραχύτης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From βρᾰχῠ́ς (brakhús, short) +‎ -της (-tēs).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

βρᾰχῠ́της (brakhútēsf (genitive βρᾰχῠ́τητος); third declension

  1. shortness
    1. narrowness, deficiency
  2. smallness
  3. (prosody) shortness of a syllable
  4. scantiness
  5. shallowness
    • Scyl. 112
  6. (rhetoric) use of a condensed or allusive expression
    • Trypho, Trop. 202S

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