brevis
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbrɛ.wɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbrɛː.vis]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Cognates include Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), English merry, Sanskrit मुहु (muhu).[1]
Adjective
brevis (neuter breve, comparative brevior, superlative brevissimus, adverb breviter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- (of distance) short, small, little, narrow
- (of time) brief, short
- (of height or depth) short, low, shallow
- (phonology, of a syllable) short
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | brevis | breve | brevēs | brevia | |
| genitive | brevis | brevium | |||
| dative | brevī | brevibus | |||
| accusative | brevem | breve | brevēs brevīs |
brevia | |
| ablative | brevī | brevibus | |||
| vocative | brevis | breve | brevēs | brevia | |
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
- amphibrevis
- bibrevis
- brevī
- breviculus
- brevigerulus
- breviloquēns
- breviloquium
- breviloquus
- breviō
- brevitas
- breviter
- brūma
- perbrevis
- subbrevis
- tribrevis
Related terms
- breviārium
- breviārius
- breviātiō
- breviātor
Descendants
Etymology 2
Short for brevis liber.
Noun
brevis m (genitive brevis); third declension
- (Late Latin) short catalog, summary
- Synonym: breviārium
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brevis | brevēs |
| genitive | brevis | brevium |
| dative | brevī | brevibus |
| accusative | brevem | brevēs brevīs |
| ablative | breve | brevibus |
| vocative | brevis | brevēs |
Etymology 3
Short for brevis syllaba.
Noun
brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brevis | brevēs |
| genitive | brevis | brevium |
| dative | brevī | brevibus |
| accusative | brevem | brevēs brevīs |
| ablative | breve | brevibus |
| vocative | brevis | brevēs |
Etymology 4
Noun
brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension
- (orthography, printing) breve
- (music) breve (British), whole note (US)
- d. 1369 CE, Simon Tunsted (attributed), Quattuor principalia musicae 256b, (as cited in "brevis", Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources):
- que quidem notule alique vocantur longe et alique breves
- Among these notes, some are called "longae" and others "breves".
- que quidem notule alique vocantur longe et alique breves
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brevis | brevēs |
| genitive | brevis | brevium |
| dative | brevī | brevibus |
| accusative | brevem | brevēs brevīs |
| ablative | breve | brevibus |
| vocative | brevis | brevēs |
Descendants
References
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “brevis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 75
Further reading
- “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- brevis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- for a short time: brevis or exigui temporis
- for a short time: brevis or exigui temporis