brevitas

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbre.wi.taːs/, [ˈbrɛ.wɪ.taːs]

Noun

brevitās f (genitive brevitātis); third declension

(of space) shortness; narrowness
(of time) briefness, brevity, shortness
(of discourse) conciseness, terseness, brevity

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	brevitās	brevitātēs
Genitive	brevitātis	brevitātum
Dative	brevitātī	brevitātibus
Accusative	brevitātem	brevitātēs
Ablative	brevitāte	brevitātibus
Vocative	brevitās	brevitātēs

Related terms

Related terms

brevī
breviārius
breviātiō
breviātor

Descendants

English: brevity
French: brièveté
Spanish: brevedad

References

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

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