brevitas
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From brevis (“short, little, of small extent”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbre.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈbreu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.vi.tas/, [ˈbrɛːvit̪äs]
Noun
[edit]brevitās f (genitive brevitātis); third declension
- (of space) shortness; narrowness
- (of time) briefness, brevity, shortness
- (of discourse) conciseness, terseness, brevity
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | brevitās | brevitātēs |
| genitive | brevitātis | brevitātum |
| dative | brevitātī | brevitātibus |
| accusative | brevitātem | brevitātēs |
| ablative | brevitāte | brevitātibus |
| vocative | brevitās | brevitātēs |
Related terms
[edit]Related terms
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “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.