breviter

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-us

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder.

Proto-Italic *breɣʷis

Latin brevis

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Latin breviter

From brevis (“short, small”) + -ter.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɛ.wɪ.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈbrɛː.vi.ter]

Adverb

breviter (comparative brevius, superlative brevissimē)

1. shortly, briefly (in duration)
2. briefly, concisely, with few words

Synonyms

• (briefly): brevī

Related terms

• brevis
• brevitās

References

• “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
    
• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)