brevitas

From brevis (“short, little, of small extent”) +‎ -tās.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.u̯i.taːs/, [ˈbreu̯ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.vi.tas/, [ˈbrɛːvit̪äs]

brevitās f (genitive brevitātis); third declension

1. (of space) shortness; narrowness
2. (of time) briefness, brevity, shortness
3. (of discourse) conciseness, terseness, brevity

Third-declension noun.

• “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.