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brevio
brevio
See also: breviò
Latin
Etymology
From brevis (“short; brief”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.wi.oː/, [ˈbrɛ.wi.oː]
Verb
breviō (present infinitive breviāre, perfect active breviāvī, supine breviātum); first conjugation
- I shorten, abbreviate, abridge (especially speech or writing).
Inflection
Derived terms
References
- brevio in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “brevio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.