brevitas

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Latin

Etymology

From brevis (“short, little, of small extent”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

Noun

brevitās f (genitive brevitātis); third declension

  1. (of space) shortness; narrowness
  2. (of time) briefness, brevity, shortness
  3. (of discourse) conciseness, terseness, brevity

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative brevitās brevitātēs
genitive brevitātis brevitātum
dative brevitātī brevitātibus
accusative brevitātem brevitātēs
ablative brevitāte brevitātibus
vocative brevitās brevitātēs
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Descendants

References

  • “brevitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “brevitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • brevitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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