brevis
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbre.u̯is/, [ˈbreu̯ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.vis/, [ˈbrɛːvis]
Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Italic *breɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰus. Cognates include Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), English merry, Sanskrit मुहु (muhu).[1]
Adjective
[edit]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
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective.
singular | plural | ||||
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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 |
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Short for brevis liber.
Noun
[edit]brevis m (genitive brevis); third declension
- (Late Latin) short catalog, summary
- Synonym: breviārium
Declension
[edit]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
[edit]Short for brevis syllaba.
Noun
[edit]brevis f (genitive brevis); third declension
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | brevis | brevēs |
genitive | brevis | brevium |
dative | brevī | brevibus |
accusative | brevem | brevēs brevīs |
ablative | breve | brevibus |
vocative | brevis | brevēs |
Etymology 4
[edit]Noun
[edit]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
[edit]Third-declension noun (i-stem).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | brevis | brevēs |
genitive | brevis | brevium |
dative | brevī | brevibus |
accusative | brevem | brevēs brevīs |
ablative | breve | brevibus |
vocative | brevis | brevēs |
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- “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
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