brevis

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.wis/, [ˈbrɛ.wɪs]

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From Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Cognates include Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), English merry, Sanskrit मुहु (muhu).

brevis (neuter breve, comparative brevior, superlative brevissimus, adverb breviter); third-declension two-termination adjective

1. (of distance) short, small, little, narrow
2. (of time) brief, short
3. (of height or depth) short, low, shallow
4. (phonology, of a syllable) short

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

• (distance): parvus
• (time): parvus

• (distance, time): longus
• (height): altus

• breviārium
• breviārius
• breviātiō
• breviātor

Short for brevis liber.

brevis m (genitive brevis); third declension

1. (Late Latin) short catalog, summary

   Synonym: breviārium

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Short for brevis syllaba.

brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension

1. dactyl

   Synonym: dactylus

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

brevis ? (genitive brevis); third declension

1. (orthography, printing) breve
2. (music) breve (British), whole note (US)

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• English: breve
• Italian: breve

• brevis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• brevis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• brevis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• brevis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • for a short time: brevis or exigui temporis