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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.vi/
- Rhymes: -ɛvi
- Hyphenation: brè‧vi
Adjective
brevi
- plural of breve
Verb
brevi
- inflection of breviare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From ablative of brevis (“short, small”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
brevī (not comparable)
- soon, shortly
- briefly, with few words
Synonyms
Descendants
From in + *breve
Adjective
brevī
- dative/ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of brevis
References
- “brevi”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- brevi in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
- in short; to be brief: ut paucis (brevi, breviter) complectar
- in short; to be brief: ut brevi comprehendam
- in short; to be brief: ut brevi praecīdam
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)