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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin semibrevis.
Noun
semibrevis
- Alternative form of semibreve
Latin
Etymology
semi- + brevis
Noun
sēmibrevis f (genitive sēmibrevis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin, music) semibreve
1324, Pope John XXII, Docta Sanctorum Patrum:Sed nonnulli novellae scholae discipuli, dum temporibus mensurandis invigilant, novis notis intendunt fingere suas quam antiquas cantare malunt; in semibreves et minimas ecclesiastica cantantur, notulis percutiuntur.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).