brevi
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
- bervi, verbi
Latin
Etymology
From ablative of brevis (“short, small”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.u̯iː/, [ˈbreu̯iː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.vi/, [ˈbrɛːvi]
Adverb
brevī (not comparable)
- soon, shortly
- Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I, 1:
- Brevi stirpis quoque virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit
- In a short time, moreover, there was a male scion out of the new marriage
- Brevi stirpis quoque virilis ex novo matrimonio fuit
- briefly, with few words
Synonyms
- (briefly): breviter
- (soon): mox, extemplo, propere
Related terms
- brevis
- brevitās
Descendants
From in + *breve
- French: en bref
- Italian: in breve
- Portuguese: em breve
- Spanish: en 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
- to make a short survey of a thing: in brevi conspectu ponere aliquid
- Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)