breviter
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From brevis (“short, small”) + -ter.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbre.u̯i.ter/, [ˈbreu̯ɪt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.vi.ter/, [ˈbrɛːvit̪er]
Adverb
[edit]breviter (comparative brevius, superlative brevissimē)
Synonyms
[edit]- (briefly): brevī
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “breviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “breviter”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- breviter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to touch briefly on a thing: breviter tangere, attingere aliquid
- to explain a matter briefly, in a few words (not paucis verbis): breviter, paucis explicare aliquid
- a short, pointed witticism: breviter et commode dictum
- to put it briefly: ut breviter dicam
- in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
- to touch briefly on a thing: breviter tangere, attingere aliquid
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)