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brevis
brevis
Latin
Adjective
brevis m, f (neuter breve); third declension
- (of distance) small, little, narrow
- (of height or depth) short, low, shallow
- (of time) brief, short
- (phonology, of a syllable) short
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | brevis | breve | brevēs | brevia | |
| genitive | brevis | brevium | |||
| dative | brevī | brevibus | |||
| accusative | brevem | breve | brevēs | brevia | |
| ablative | brevī | brevibus | |||
| vocative | brevis | breve | brevēs | brevia | |
- comparative: brevior, superlative: brevissimus
Synonyms
Antonyms
- (height): altus
Derived terms
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Related terms
Descendants
Noun
brevis ? (genitive brevis); third declension
- (orthography, printing) breve
- (music) breve (British), whole note (US)
Inflection
Third declension i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brevis | brevēs |
| genitive | brevis | brevium |
| dative | brevī | brevibus |
| accusative | brevem | brevēs |
| ablative | breve | brevibus |
| vocative | brevis | brevēs |
Descendants
References
- 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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “brevis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- for a short time: brevis or exigui temporis
- for a short time: brevis or exigui temporis