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  • 1 brevī

        brevī adv.    [abl. of 1 brevis], in a little while, in a short time, soon: brevi postea, soon after: brevi post, L.: uti equos brevi moderari consuerint, soon, Cs.: fama brevi divolgatur, S.: tam brevi rem crevisse, L.: cunctatus brevi, after a little delay, O. — Briefly, in few words: id percurram brevi: definire: respondere litteris.
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    in a short time; shortly, briefly; in a few words

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  • 2 brevi

    brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
    I.
    Lit., in space.
    A.
    In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    brevior via,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:

    via brevis,

    Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

    quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?

    so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

    Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

    a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

    that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:

    quo brevius valent,

    the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
    2.
    Trop. of the journey of life:

    quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

    Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:

    fila vitae breviora,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
    B.
    In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);

    of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

    id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

    Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

    little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
    C.
    In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

    Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:

    brevia litorum,

    id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:

    breve,

    Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
    2.
    Trop.:

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

    difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
    D.
    Of the line of a circle:

    ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,

    makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

    63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,

    Sen. Hippol. 314. —
    II.
    Transf., of time.
    A.
    Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

    Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:

    occasio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

    short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:

    MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:

    quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:

    aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,

    occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

    nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

    Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:

    flores rosae,

    quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

    frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

    living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

    nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

    Sil. 4, 734.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

    Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
    b.
    In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

    soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;

    acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,

    Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:

    brevi deinde,

    id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

    Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

    Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
    c.
    Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

    Cat. 61, 187.—
    d.
    Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
    B.
    Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
    1.
    Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):

    narratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;

    comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,

    id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:

    nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

    id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

    id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:

    multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

    id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):

    brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

    id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:

    in brevi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:

    brevis nominum,

    Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
    2.
    Of a short syllable;

    rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

    Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
    C.
    For parvus, exiguus, little, small:

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.

    just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,

    Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):

    folia breviora,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

    Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

    Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

    Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
    1.
    Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:

    parvo brevius quam totus,

    a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
    2.
    (Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
    a.
    In gen.:

    iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,

    Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
    b.
    Esp.
    (α).
    In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

    Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:

    omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),

    Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
    (β).
    Of syllables:

    quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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  • 3 breve

    brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
    I.
    Lit., in space.
    A.
    In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    brevior via,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:

    via brevis,

    Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

    quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?

    so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

    Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

    a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

    that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:

    quo brevius valent,

    the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
    2.
    Trop. of the journey of life:

    quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

    Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:

    fila vitae breviora,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
    B.
    In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);

    of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

    id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

    Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

    little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
    C.
    In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

    Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:

    brevia litorum,

    id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:

    breve,

    Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
    2.
    Trop.:

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

    difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
    D.
    Of the line of a circle:

    ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,

    makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

    63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,

    Sen. Hippol. 314. —
    II.
    Transf., of time.
    A.
    Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

    Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:

    occasio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

    short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:

    MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:

    quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:

    aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,

    occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

    nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

    Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:

    flores rosae,

    quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

    frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

    living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

    nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

    Sil. 4, 734.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

    Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
    b.
    In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

    soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;

    acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,

    Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:

    brevi deinde,

    id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

    Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

    Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
    c.
    Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

    Cat. 61, 187.—
    d.
    Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
    B.
    Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
    1.
    Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):

    narratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;

    comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,

    id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:

    nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

    id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

    id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:

    multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

    id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):

    brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

    id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:

    in brevi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:

    brevis nominum,

    Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
    2.
    Of a short syllable;

    rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

    Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
    C.
    For parvus, exiguus, little, small:

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.

    just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,

    Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):

    folia breviora,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

    Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

    Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

    Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
    1.
    Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:

    parvo brevius quam totus,

    a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
    2.
    (Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
    a.
    In gen.:

    iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,

    Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
    b.
    Esp.
    (α).
    In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

    Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:

    omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),

    Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
    (β).
    Of syllables:

    quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve

  • 4 brevia

    brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
    I.
    Lit., in space.
    A.
    In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    brevior via,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:

    via brevis,

    Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

    quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?

    so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

    Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

    a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

    that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:

    quo brevius valent,

    the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
    2.
    Trop. of the journey of life:

    quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

    Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:

    fila vitae breviora,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
    B.
    In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);

    of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

    id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

    Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

    little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
    C.
    In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

    Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:

    brevia litorum,

    id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:

    breve,

    Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
    2.
    Trop.:

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

    difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
    D.
    Of the line of a circle:

    ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,

    makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

    63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,

    Sen. Hippol. 314. —
    II.
    Transf., of time.
    A.
    Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

    Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:

    occasio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

    short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:

    MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:

    quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:

    aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,

    occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

    nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

    Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:

    flores rosae,

    quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

    frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

    living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

    nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

    Sil. 4, 734.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

    Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
    b.
    In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

    soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;

    acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,

    Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:

    brevi deinde,

    id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

    Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

    Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
    c.
    Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

    Cat. 61, 187.—
    d.
    Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
    B.
    Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
    1.
    Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):

    narratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;

    comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,

    id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:

    nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

    id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

    id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:

    multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

    id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):

    brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

    id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:

    in brevi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:

    brevis nominum,

    Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
    2.
    Of a short syllable;

    rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

    Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
    C.
    For parvus, exiguus, little, small:

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.

    just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,

    Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):

    folia breviora,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

    Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

    Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

    Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
    1.
    Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:

    parvo brevius quam totus,

    a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
    2.
    (Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
    a.
    In gen.:

    iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,

    Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
    b.
    Esp.
    (α).
    In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

    Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:

    omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),

    Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
    (β).
    Of syllables:

    quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevia

  • 5 brevis

    brĕvis, e, adj. (abl. breve, Varr. R. R. 2, 3, 2; comp. abl. breviore, Ov. Am. 2, 17, 22) [cf. brachus, Fest. p. 26], short, little, of small extent, in space and time (opp. longus; in space, in good class. prose, diff. from parvus, which designates that which fills a small space in length, breadth, and thickness; while brevis is used only of length in its different directions of breadth, height, or depth; and even of a circle, as merely a line, and without reference to the space enclosed, v. infra. In poets and postAug. prose brevis sometimes = parvus).
    I.
    Lit., in space.
    A.
    In distance, extent, short, little, small, narrow (opp. latus), Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92:

    brevior via,

    Nep. Eum. 8, 5; Tib. 1, 10, 4:

    via brevis,

    Verg. E. 9, 23; Ov. M. 5, 253; Juv. 14, 223:

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

    quid mihi, quod lato non separor aequore, prodest? Num minus haec nobis tam brevis obstat aqua?

    so narrow a stream, id. H. 18, 174; cf.

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

    Luc. 9, 957 (strictioris, Schol.); cf. id. 9, 317:

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

    a small, narrow rock, Ov. M. 9, 226:

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

    that you are closely rolled together, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 8:

    quo brevius valent,

    the nearer, the more powerful are they in conflict, Tac. A. 6, 35.—
    2.
    Trop. of the journey of life:

    quid est, quod in hoc tam exiguo vitae curriculo et tam brevi tantis nos in laboribus exerceamus?

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

    Tib. 1, 10, 4.—And poet. of the thread of life:

    fila vitae breviora,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 46. —
    B.
    In height, short, small, low (opp. altus and sometimes longus);

    of the human figure: sed sedebat judex L. Aurifex, brevior ipse quam testis,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

    id. Vit. Hor.—Of a maiden changed to a boy: et incomptis brevior mensura capillis,

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

    Of other things: ut pleraque Alpium ab Italiā sicut breviora, ita arrectiora sunt,

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

    little, Ov. F. 2, 574. —
    C.
    In depth, small, little, shallow (opp. profundus):

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

    Verg. A. 5, 221; Sen. Agam. 570.—Hence, subst.: brĕvia, ium, n., as in Gr. ta brachea, shallow places, shallows, shoals:

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

    Verg. A. 1, 111 (brevia vadosa dicit, per quae vadi pedibus potest, Serv.); Luc. 9, 338: neque discerni poterant incerta ab solidis, brevia a profundis, Tac. A. 1, 70:

    brevia litorum,

    id. ib. 6, 33 fin. —Perh. also in sing.:

    breve,

    Tac. A. 14, 29 Draeg. ad loc. (Ritter, brevia; al. breve litus).—
    2.
    Trop.:

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

    difficulties, Sen. Ep. 22, 7.—
    D.
    Of the line of a circle:

    ubi circulus (i.e. arcticus) axem Ultimus extremum spatioque brevissimus ambit,

    makes the shortest path, Ov. M. 2, 517; cf.

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

    63.—Of the circular course of a horse on the track: discit gyro breviore flecti,

    Sen. Hippol. 314. —
    II.
    Transf., of time.
    A.
    Lit. (the usu. signif. of the word), short, brief, small, little.
    1.
    In gen.:

    quanto, nox, fuisti longior hac proxumā, Tanto brevior dies ut fiat faciam,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

    Lucr. 4, 179; so Ov. M. 4, 696: Pa. Brevin' an longinquo sermone? Mi. Tribus verbis, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 30:

    occasio,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 57; Phaedr. 5, 8, 5:

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

    short is this enjoyment for little men, Lucr. 3, 927; cf.:

    MORS. PERFECIT. TVA. VT. TIBE. ESSENT. OMNIA. BREVIA. HONOS. FAMA. VIRTVSQVE. GLORIA. ATQVE. INGENIVM.,

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

    Cic. Lael. 27, 104; id. Fin. 1, 12, 40; 2, 29, 94; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 94; Sen. Ira, 3, 43, 5:

    quoniam vita brevis est, memoriam nostri quam maxime longam efficere,

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

    Hor. C. 1, 4, 15; cf. id. ib. 1, 11, 6:

    aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut Saguntum principio anni captum,

    occupied a shorter time, Liv. 21, 15, 5:

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

    nobis quom semel occidit brevis lux, nox est perpetua una dormienda,

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 17; id. S. 2, 6, 97; id. Ep. 2, 1, 144; Plin. Pan. 78, 2:

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

    Ov. M. 1, 118; 10, 85:

    flores rosae,

    quickly withering, short-lived, Hor. C. 2, 3, 13:

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

    frugal, id. Ep. 1, 14, 35:

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

    living but a short time, id. C. 2, 14, 24:

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

    nothing is more acceptable, but nothing more perishable, fading, than beauty, Suet. Dom. 18:

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

    Sil. 4, 734.—
    2.
    Esp.
    a.
    Comp. brevius, with subj. clause, shorter, i.e. easier, more convenient:

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

    Tac. A. 13, 43: modo ne existimes brevius esse ab urbe mitti, Trag. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 40 (49), 3.—
    b.
    In brevi spatio, brevi spatio, in brevi tempore, brevi tempore, and absol. brevi or in brevi, in a short time, shortly (before or after) (brevi tempore and brevi are class.; the latter, as in Gr. en brachei, to be considered as neuter, without supplying tempore):

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2; Suet. Claud. 12; id. Ner. 30; cf.:

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

    Lucr. 4, 160; Sall. J. 87, 3:

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

    Cic. Fam. 12, 2, 3; 5, 21, 2; id. Tusc. 2, 2, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 40, 11; Nep. Milt. 2, 1; id. Them. 1, 4; Suet. Caes. 3:

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

    soon after, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142 (Zumpt;

    acc. to MSS. perbrevi).—So brevi post = paulo post: brevi post Marcellus Romam venit,

    Liv. 33, 37, 9; 24, 3, 14:

    brevi deinde,

    id. 24, 4, 9: (Britanni) tantum usu cotidiano et exercitatione efficiunt, uti in declivi ac praecipiti loco incitatos equos sustinere et brevi ( in a short time, i.e. with great rapidity) moderari ac flectere consuerint, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 fin. Herz. and Held.:

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

    Sall. J. 13, 1; Nep. Them. 4, 4:

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

    Suet. Caes. 34; so id. Aug. 17; 65; id. Vesp. 5; id. Gram. 3; Gell. 1, 15, 18: scire in brevi, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 186 P.; Flor. 1, 1, 15.—
    c.
    Brevi, a short time, a little while: [p. 251] cunctatusque brevi, contortam viribus hastam in Persea misit, Ov. M. 5, 32; cf.:

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

    Cat. 61, 187.—
    d.
    Ad breve, for a short time, Suet. Tib. 68; cf.:

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 13, 31.—
    B.
    Transf. to things done or taking place in a short time; so most freq.
    1.
    Of discourse, short, brief, concise (most freq. in Cic. and Quint.):

    narratio,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 28; id. de Or. 3, 50, 196: laudatio;

    comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis,

    id. Brut. 44, 162; cf. id. de Or. 2, 80, 326:

    nunc venio ad illa tua brevia: et primum illud, quo nihil potest esse brevius: bonum omne laudabile, etc.,

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

    id. Clu. 59, 164: urbanitas est virtus quaedam in breve dictum coacta, Dom. Mars. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 104:

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

    Quint. 12, 10, 64 (brevis = ou polumuthos, Hom. Il. 3, 214):

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

    id. 3, 6, 10: commendatio, requiring few words, i.e. moderate, Plin. 11, 42, 97, § 240.— Meton. of a speaker or orator, brief:

    multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

    id. 10, 1, 73.—Hence, brĕvī, adv., briefly, in few words (freq. and class.):

    brevi pro breviter M. Tullius de Orat. ad Quintum fratrem (1, 8, 34): ac ne plura quidem quae sunt innumerabilia consecter, comprehendam brevi,

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

    id. Sest. 45, 97; so id. ib. 5, 12 Orell. N. cr.; id. Fin. 1, 17, 55:

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

    id. ib. 4, 5, 1; so Auct. Her. 4, 26, 35; 35, 47 al.; cf.:

    in brevi,

    Quint. 9, 4, 32.—So once in epistolary style: breve facere, to be short or brief:

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

    Cic. Att. 11, 7, 6; cf.:

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

    id. Sest. 5, 12.—Once, in breve cogere (diff. from I. A.), to comprise in few words, bring into a small compass:

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

    Gai. Inst. 4, 15.— In late Lat. subst.: brĕvis, is, m. (sc. liber—acc. to another reading, brĕve, is, n.), a short catalogue, summary, = breviarium:

    brevis nominum,

    Vop. Aur. 36; so id. Bonos. 15; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 21; Hier. Ep. 5, n. 2 al.—
    2.
    Of a short syllable;

    rarely as adj.: Syllaba longa brevi subjecta vocatur iambus,

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 86 et saep.—More freq. subst.: brĕvis, is, f. (sc. syllaba):

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

    Quint. 9, 4, 93; 9, 4, 86:

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

    Hence also once of a syllable long by position, but pronounced short: indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, insanus productā: inhumanus brevi, infelix longā,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159 Meyer N. cr.; cf. Gell. 2, 17 sqq., and Schütz Lex. Cic. s. v. brevis.—
    C.
    For parvus, exiguus, little, small:

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 93; cf.

    just before: breve quod caput, ardua cervix, v. 89, and brevis alvus,

    Verg. G. 3, 80 (on the other hand, Nemes. 244:

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 29 (brevis = parva, non excrescens in altum, Schol. Cruqu.):

    folia breviora,

    id. Ep. 1, 19, 26 (minor corona, Schol. Cruqu.):

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

    Pall. 1, 28, 1; cf. Juv. 1, 73: vasculum, Pall. Apr. 8, 4:

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

    Plin. 8, 17, 23, § 62.—With nom. abstr.:

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

    Prop. 2, 1, 72; Sen. Oedip. 935.—So, pondus, Hor. S. 2, 2, 37 al.—Hence, brĕ-vĭter, adv., shortly, briefly, etc.
    1.
    Of space (acc. to I.) (rare): seu libeat, curvo brevius convertere gyro, shorter, i. e. in a smaller circle, Tib. 4, 1, 94:

    parvo brevius quam totus,

    a little less than the whole, Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168:

    Sarmatae, omisso arcu, quo brevius valent, contis gladiisque ruerent,

    Tac. A. 6, 35.—Far more freq. in prose and poetry,
    2.
    (Acc. to II. A. b. and c.) Of time, in a short time.
    a.
    In gen.:

    iratum breviter vites, inimicum diu, Publ. Syr. v. 249 Rib.: sapiens, cum breviter et strictim colore atque vultu motus est,

    Gell. 19, 1, 20.—
    b.
    Esp.
    (α).
    In expression, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily:

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

    Lucr. 6, 1082: multa breviter et commode dicta (sc. apophthegmata; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 29, 104) memoriae mandabam, Cic. Lael. 1, 1:

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 169; 2, 3, 27, § 67; so id. de Or. 2, 83, 340:

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 8 Beier N. cr.:

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

    Quint. 9, 3, 100; cf. also Verg. A. 2, 11; 4, 632; 6, 321; Ov. M. 2, 783:

    omnia soli Forsan Pacuvio breviter dabit (i.e. paucis testamenti verbis, quibus heres ex asse scribetur),

    Juv. 12, 125 Web. (cf. id. 1, 68: beatum exiguis tabulis).— Comp., Cic. Fin. 4, 10, 26; Quint. 8, prooem. § 1; 8, 6, 61; 9, 2, 16; 10, 1, 49; 11, 1, 5 al.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 2, 1, 3; id. Div. 1, 32, 70; Quint. 1, 10, 1; 4, 2, 113 al.—
    (β).
    Of syllables:

    quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter,

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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  • 6 brevis

        brevis e, adj. with comp. and sup.    [BREG-].— In space, short: via, V.: brevior via, N.: cursus brevissimus, V.: brevius iter, O.: tam brevis aqua, so narrow a stream, O.: scopulus, small, O.: brevibus Gyaris, Iu. — Of stature, short, small, low: iudex brevior quam testis: (puella) longa brevisque, O. — Of height: ut pleraque Alpium, sicut breviora, ita adrectiora sunt, lower, L.—Of depth, shallow: vada, V.: puteus, Iu.— Plur n. as subst, shallow places, shallows, shoals: Eurus In brevia urget, V.—Of the line of a circle: ubi circulus spatio brevissimus ambit, makes the shortest path, O.—Fig., of life: vitae curriculum: vitae brevis cursus: fila vitae breviora, O.—Little, small: brevibus implicata viperis, H.: caput, H.: alvus, V.: folia breviora, H.: census, H.: sigillum, O.—As subst n.: scis In breve te cogi, i. e. to be rolled up closely (of a book), H. — Meton., of time, short, brief, little, short-lived: tempus: brevissimum tempus, L.: anni, H.: occasio, T.: omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent: vitae summa brevis (gen.), H.: littera, a short vowel: syllaba, a short syllable, H.: dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus: aut omnia breviora aliquanto fuere, aut, etc., occupied a shorter time, L.: flores rosae, short-lived, H.: cena, frugal, H.: ira furor brevis est, H.—Of discourse, short, brief, concise: narratio: Crassi oratio: quam brevia responsu!: cum se breves putent esse, brief: brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio, H.: breve facere, to be brief: in breve coactae causae, L.: tam in brevi spatio, in so short time, T.: brevi spatio, a little while, S.: spatio brevi, H.: brevi tempore ad nihilum venire, in a little while.
    * * *
    I
    breve, brevior -or -us, brevissimus -a -um ADJ
    short, little, small, stunted; brief, concise, quick; narrow, shallow; humble
    II
    short catalog, summary document

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  • 7 spatium

    spătĭum, ii, n. [root spa-, to draw; Gr. spaô; span-, to stretch; Gr. spanis, want; cf.: penomai, penês; Germ. spannen; Dor. spadion (=stadion), race-course; cf. Lat. penuria], room, a space (very freq. and class.).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.: est natura loci spatiumque profundi, Quod neque percurrere flumina possint, Nec, etc.... Usque adeo passim patet ingens copia rebus;

    Finibus exemptis,

    Lucr. 1, 1002; 5, 370; 1, 389:

    locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

    id. 1, 426; cf. id. 1, 523:

    per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

    id. 4, 202; cf.:

    tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

    Verg. E. 3, 105:

    flumen Dubis paene totum oppidum cingit: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

    id. B. C. 3, 61 fin.:

    quod spatium non esset agitandi,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    spatium loci,

    Quint. 8, 3, 84:

    spatio distante,

    Ov. M. 11, 715.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    A (limited) space, distance, interval (syn. intervallum):

    siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 19, 49:

    magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    itineris spatium,

    id. B. C. 1, 24 fin.:

    viae spatium,

    the distance, length, Ov. M. 8, 794:

    trabes paribus intermissae spatiis (shortly before: paribus intervallis),

    Caes. B. G. 7, 23; cf.:

    alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

    Verg. A. 5, 584 Coningt. ad loc.:

    hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

    inter duas acies tantum erat relictum spatii, ut, etc.,

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

    id. B. G. 3, 17:

    magnum spatium abesse,

    id. ib. 2, 17:

    quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

    id. B. C. 2, 16 fin.:

    jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

    illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

    Verg. A. 10, 219:

    dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

    spatium discrimina fallit,

    the distance, Ov. M. 8, 577.—
    b.
    Size, bulk, extent:

    dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

    Ov. M. 3, 95:

    elephantis,

    Luc. 9, 732:

    oris Et colli, ov. M. 2, 672: dat spatium collo,

    id. ib. 3, 195:

    breve lateris,

    Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

    quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

    spatia montis,

    id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

    spatium admirabile rhombi,

    very large, Juv. 4, 39:

    vasti corporis,

    Sen. Hippol. 806:

    plantae Herculis,

    Gell. 1, 1, 2: trahit aures in spatium, in length, i. e. lengthens them out, Ov. M. 11, 176; so,

    in spatium,

    id. ib. 2, 197; 7, 783; Sil. 13, 562.—
    2.
    An open space for walking, racing, etc., in.
    a.
    A walk, promenade; a public place or square, etc. (cf. ambulatio):

    urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

    i. e. colonnades, porticos, Stat. S. 3, 5, 90:

    quin igitur ad illa spatia nostra sedesque pergimus, ubi cum satis erit deambulatum, requiescemus,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    spatia silvestria,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

    orator ex Academiae spatiis,

    id. Or. 3, 12 (quoted by Quint. 12, 2, 23, and by Tac. Or. 32):

    Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 1, 1: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in level spaces, i. e. plains, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 42:

    ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

    Verg. A. 7, 381.—
    b.
    A race-course, track:

    sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

    Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

    nec vero velim quasi decurso spatio a calce ad carceres revocari,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

    cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

    Verg. G. 1, 513 Forbig. ad loc.:

    hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

    id. ib. 3, 202: signoque repente Corripiunt spatia [p. 1736] audito, id. A. 5, 316:

    tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

    equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

    id. ib. 6, 487:

    abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

    Liv. 35, 40, 1:

    nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

    Tac. Or. 39.—
    c.
    Poet., in gen., room or space in a building:

    Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

    the inner space, the interior, Ov. M. 7, 670.—
    3.
    Transf., the action of walking, a walk, promenade; a turn, course:

    cum in ambulationem ventum esset, Scaevolam, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, dixisse, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 28; cf. id. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Suet. Aug. 83:

    si interdum ad forum deducimur, si uno basilicae spatio honestamur,

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

    septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

    Ov. Hal. 68:

    (agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

    Sen. Ep. 30, 13.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time.
    1.
    In gen., a space of time, interval, period:

    spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    spatium praeteriti temporis,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    quantum fuit diei spatium,

    as the portion of the day allowed, Caes. B. G. 2, 11 fin.:

    annuum spatium,

    id. B. C. 3, 3:

    annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    dierum triginta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

    parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

    Prop. 2, 24, 43 (3, 19, 27):

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so,

    in brevi spatio,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

    aliquid longo spatio tenere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

    me ex comparato et constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti,

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

    hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    spatia annorum,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

    spatium juventae Transire,

    Ov. M. 15, 225:

    illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

    id. ib. 15, 874:

    post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

    i. e. after the sixtieth year, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Of a portion of time in which to do any thing, space, time, leisure, opportunity:

    neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

    Liv. 8, 32:

    ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

    quantum spatii nobis datur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

    Verg. A. 4, 433: ne properes, oro;

    spatium pro munere posco,

    Ov. R. Am. 277:

    proin quicquid est, da tempus ac spatium tibi. Quod ratio non quit, saepe sanavit mora,

    Sen. Agam. 2, 129.—Esp.: spatium (aliquid, nihil spatii, etc.) alicui faciendi or ad faciendum aliquid, time to do a thing:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

    quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

    dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

    ad scribendum,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    pila in hostes coniciendi,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 52; 4, 13; Ov. M. 10, 163:

    nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

    spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

    id. Fin. 4, 1, 1; id. de Or. 1, 33, 150:

    sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 3 fin.:

    vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 46, 3:

    spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

    Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

    spatium quidem tandem adparandis nuptiis, vocandi, sacruficandi dabitur paululum,

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 20.—
    b.
    A year of life:

    quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 170. —
    c.
    Metrical time, measure, quantity:

    trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

    Cic. Or. 57, 193; cf. Quint. 1, 5, 18:

    neu sermo subsultet imparibus spatiis ac sonis, miscens longa brevibus, etc.,

    id. 11, 3, 43; cf. id. 11, 3, 40; 11, 3, 17 al.—
    B.
    (Acc. to I. B.) A path, course, race, track:

    ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

    quid mihi opu'st, decurso aetatis spatio, cum meis gerere bellum?

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    prope jam excurso spatio,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

    te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

    Verg. A. 9, 275: deflexit jam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo majorum, Cic. Lael. 12, 40; cf.:

    quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

    id. Brut. 90, 307:

    currenti spatium praemonstra,

    Lucr. 6, 93:

    pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 33; Sen. Troad. 398.

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  • 8 momentum

    mōmentum, i, n. [for movimentum, from moveo], a movement, motion (as an indwelling force; cf.: motio, motus; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    astra forma ipsa figuraque sua momenta sustentant,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 117:

    pisces levi caudae in utrumque momento velocitatem suam flectunt,

    Sen. Ep. 90, 24:

    utque leves tactus momentaque parva sequantur,

    Ov. M. 4, 180.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    An alteration, change, disturbance, movement, revolution:

    cetera populi Romani vectigalia, perlevi saepe momento fortunae, inclinatione temporis pendere,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

    nullum momentum annonae facere,

    to effect no alteration in the price of corn, Liv. 4, 12:

    animi,

    id. 39, 5:

    provincias magnis momentis concusserat,

    Vell. 2, 78, 1:

    sine momento rerum, partisque ruinā cadere,

    Luc. 7, 118.—
    B.
    A particle sufficient to turn the scales:

    momentum staterae,

    Vulg. Isa. 40, 15; id. Sap. 11, 23; hence, a particle, a part, a point:

    myrrhae momentum,

    Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 87:

    quibus (regnis) pro ignobili momento erat accessura Macedonia,

    a make-weight, Just. 7, 3, 1:

    sol cotidie ex alio caeli momento, quam pridie, oritur,

    a point, part, Plin. 18, 34, 77, § 333:

    corpus orationis in parva momenta diducendo consumere,

    Quint. 3, 11, 23; to lose the main subject in minute divisions:

    ordo rerum tribus momentis consertus est,

    id. 5, 10, 71:

    officiorum,

    parts, Cic. Mur. 2, 3. —
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    Of time, a short time, brief space, moment (syn. punctum):

    parvis momentis multa natura affingit,

    instants, moments, Cic. Div. 1, 52, 118:

    momentis certis dimensis,

    at certain fixed times, Plin. Ep. 4, 30, 3:

    non cunctandum ratus Hannibal, totis viribus adgressus urbem momento cepit,

    Liv. 21, 14, 3:

    momento temporis,

    in a moment, id. 21, 33; 35, 11, 13:

    momento horae,

    in quick lapse of time, Hor. S. 1, 1, 7; cf.:

    momento unius horae,

    Curt. 9, 6, 21:

    horae momento,

    Liv. 5, 7, 3; 9, 16:

    Maecenati triennio supremo nullo horae momento contigit somnus,

    could not sleep a single hour, Plin. 7, 51, 52, § 172:

    brevi horarum momento,

    in a few hours, Just. 2, 14, 9:

    ut momentum horae pereat,

    that a short hour be lost, Phaedr. 3 prol. 5:

    momento fit cinis diu silva,

    in a moment, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27, 3:

    in momento, in ictu oculi,

    Vulg. 1 Cor. 15, 52:

    in momento indignationis,

    id. Isa. 54, 8:

    pruna stomacho non utilissima, sed brevi momento,

    are hurtful, but only for a short time, Plin. 23, 7, 66, § 132:

    quantum quoquo momento temporis adiciatur,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 70:

    hoc fit dicis gratia uno momento,

    id. ib. 1, 141.—
    (β).
    Transf., of space, distance, a little way:

    parvo momento antecedere,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 6:

    visūs nostri tarditas non subsequitur momenta currentis (sc. stellae), sed videt simul et unde exsilierit et quo pervenerit,

    does not trace the successive points of its course, but sees the whole at once, Sen. Q. N. 1, 14, 4.—
    2.
    Trop., a cause, a circumstance; weight, influence, importance, moment:

    minimis momentis maximae inclinationes temporum fiunt,

    from the slightest causes spring the greatest changes, Cic. Phil. 5, 10, 26:

    momenta omnia observare,

    all the circumstances, id. Fam. 6, 10, 5:

    unamquamque rem momento suo ponderare,

    according to its importance, id. Font. 6, 21; cf.:

    ut omnia verborum momentis, non rerum ponderibus examinet,

    id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

    ita parvae res magnum in utramque partem momentum habuerunt,

    influence, Caes. B. C. 3, 70:

    quorum adventus hoc tamen momenti fecit, ut Scipio abscederet inde, etc.,

    Liv. 29, 35:

    nullum momentum in dando adimendoque regno habere,

    no decisive influence, id. 1, 47, 6:

    momenti aliquid apud Magnetas ad repetendam societatem Romanam facere,

    id. 35, 39, 3:

    cave quidquam habeat momenti gratia,

    weight, influence, Cic. Mur. 30, 62:

    magno ad persuadendum momento esse,

    id. Inv. 2, 26, 77:

    potentia,

    motives, Ov. M. 11, 285:

    Leonis (sideris),

    influence, Hor. Ep. 1, 10, 16:

    praebe nostrae momenta saluti,

    promote, Ov. P. 4, 13, 49:

    erant octo cohortes... tum discordiā temporum a legione digressae, prout inclinassent, grande momentum sociae aut adversae,

    Tac. H. 1, 59:

    levi momento aestimare aliquid,

    to consider of little moment, to prize lightly, Caes. B. G. 7, 39:

    nullius momenti aliquid putare,

    of no moment, unimportant, Cic. Vatin. 1, 1: nullius momenti apud exercitum futurum, Nep. Alcib. 8, 4:

    quod (oppidum) per se parvum magni momenti locum obtinuit,

    Tac. H. 3, 8:

    id est maximi momenti et ponderis,

    of the greatest moment, Cic. Vatin. 4, 19:

    exponunt, se tentāsse etiam haud magni momenti finitimarum gentium auxilia,

    Liv. 10, 16, 5:

    sed in bello nihil tam leve est, quod non magnae interdum rei momentum faciat,

    id. 25, 18, 3; 28, 17, 10; 27, 45, 5:

    inpensam in rem maximi ad omnia momenti facere,

    id. 43, 23, 8:

    nullā in re nisi in virtute propensionem ne minimi quidem momenti esse ad, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 17, 47:

    omnino nihil habere momenti,

    id. ib. 2, 12, 38.

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  • 9 transeo

    trans-ĕo, īvi or ĭi, ĭtum, īre ( perf. -ivit, Sen. Ben. 1, 13, 3; fut. -iet, Tib. 1, 4, 27; Sen. Q. N. 3, 10, 4; Lact. 4, 18, 3), v. n. and a., to go over or across, to cross over, pass over, pass by, pass (syn. transgredior).
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen.
    (α).
    Neutr.:

    ego ad vos eum jussero transire,

    Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 51:

    per hortum ad amicam,

    id. Stich. 3, 1, 36:

    ad uxorem,

    id. Caecin. 3, 4, 24; Ter. Phorm. 4, 5, 7: ad te, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 7, 1:

    ad forum,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7 (8), 28:

    ne Germani e suis finibus in Helvetiorum fines transirent,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 28:

    in agrum Noricum,

    id. ib. 1, 5:

    in Britanniam,

    id. ib. 4, 30:

    per eorum corpora transire conantes repulerunt,

    id. ib. 2, 10:

    per media castra,

    Sall. J. 107, 5:

    per illud (iter, i. e. vocis) Murmure blanditiae minimo transire solebant,

    Ov. M. 4, 70: obsides ut inter sese dent, perficit;

    Helvetii, ut sine maleficio et injuriā transeant,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 9; Liv. 10, 46, 3:

    Mosa in Rhenum transit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 10:

    caseum per cribrum facito transeat in mortarium,

    Cato, R. R. 76, 3:

    odor foliorum transit in vestes,

    Plin. 12, 3, 7, § 15:

    ficus ad nos ex aliis transire gentibus,

    id. 15, 18, 19, § 69. —
    (β).
    Act.:

    campos pedibus transire videmur,

    Lucr. 4, 459:

    Taurum,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 5:

    Taurus transiri non potest,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 14:

    Apenninum,

    id. Fam. 11, 10, 4; Liv. 5, 33, 2; 5, 33, 4 sq.; 21, 38, 6; 26, 12, 14;

    21, 58, 3: paulatim Germanos consuescere Rhenum transire,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 33:

    flumen,

    id. ib. 1, 12;

    1, 13: Euphratem,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 22, 75:

    maria,

    id. Or. 42, 146; id. Pis. 24, 57; Hor. A. P. 345:

    paludem,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 10:

    forum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 59:

    equum cursu,

    to pass by, Verg. A. 11, 719:

    omnes mensas transiit,

    Plaut. Curc. 5, 3, 4:

    quem (serpentem) rota transiit,

    ran over, Verg. A. 5, 274:

    anulis medios articulos (digitorum) non transeuntibus,

    Quint. 11, 3, 142:

    Domitii filius transiit Formias,

    passed through Formiæ, Cic. Att. 9, 3, 1.—In pass.:

    Rhodanus nonnullis locis vado transitur,

    is crossed by a ford, is fordable, Caes. B. G. 1, 6; cf.:

    flumen uno omnino loco pedibus transiri potest,

    id. ib. 5, 18; 2, 10; 7, 55; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27; Liv. 21, 43, 4; Plin. 29, 4, 27, § 89:

    totus transibitur orbis,

    Manil. 4, 398.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go over to a party or side (cf. transfugio):

    ne deserat me atque ad hostes transeat,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 3, 10:

    ad adversarios transeas?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 15, § 40:

    ad Pompeium transierunt,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 60:

    transit cohors ad eum,

    id. ib. 1, 60:

    a Patribus ad plebem,

    Liv. 4, 16, 3:

    cum iis pugnare ad quos transierant,

    Nep. Dat. 6, 6:

    ad Q. Sextii philosophi sectam,

    Suet. Gram. 18. — Absol.:

    nec manere nec transire aperte ausus,

    Liv. 1, 27, 5:

    ut nulla ante Britanniae nova pars illacessita transierit,

    Tac. Agr. 20.—
    2.
    To go or pass over into any thing by transformation, to be changed or transformed into a thing ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

    ille in humum saxumque undamque trabemque fallaciter transit,

    Ov. M. 11, 643:

    in plures figuras,

    id. ib. 8, 730:

    humana in corpora,

    id. ib. 15, 167:

    in aestatem post ver,

    id. ib. 15, 206:

    aqua mulsa longā vetustate transit in vinum,

    Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; 9, 41, 65, § 139; 25, 9, 57, § 103; 37, 6, 23, § 87.—
    3.
    Of food. to pass through, pass off:

    cibi qui difficillime transeant sumpti,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 11, 3; so,

    cibi,

    Plin. 11, 37, 79, § 202:

    vinum tenue per urinam,

    id. 23, 1, 22, § 39.—
    4.
    To pierce, transfix (very rare):

    ilia cornipedis surrectā cuspide transit,

    Sil. 10, 253.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Neutr. (very rare):

    quod quaedam animalis intellegentia per omnia ea permanet et transeat,

    runs through, pervades, Cic. Ac. 2, 37, 119:

    utinam ista saevitia inter peregrina exempla mansisset, nec in Romanos mores transisset,

    Sen. Ira, 3, 18, 1.— Impers. pass.:

    cujus (ordinis) similitudine perspectā in formarum specie ac dignitate transitum est et ad honestatem dictorum atque factorum,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 14, 47.— More freq.,
    2.
    Act.:

    ii sine dubio finem et modum transeunt,

    go beyond, overstep, transgress, Cic. Off. 1, 29, 102; so,

    modum,

    id. Tusc. 4, 17, 40:

    finem aequitatis et legis in judicando,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 95, § 220:

    fines verecundiae,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 3:

    aliquid silentio,

    to pass over, pass by, id. Att. 2, 19, 3; Quint. 2, 3, 1; 5, 12, 23;

    nil transit amantes,

    i. e. escapes, Stat. Th. 2, 335; so, ita compositi sumus ut nos cottidiana, etiamsi admiratione digna sunt, transeant, Sen. Q. N. 7, 1, 1.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To go or pass over to another opinion:

    in sententiam alicujus,

    Liv. 34, 34, 1:

    senatus frequens in alia omnia transiit,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 53: transierunt illuc, ut ratio esset ejus habenda, qui neque exercitum neque provincias traderet, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 13, 2.—
    2.
    To pass over, be changed into any thing:

    quomodo quire et ruere vel in praeterita patiendi modo, vel in participia transibunt?

    Quint. 1, 6, 26:

    in eam (vocalem sequentem) transire possit (M),

    id. 9, 4, 40; 1, 4, 29:

    frequens imitatio transit in mores,

    id. 1, 11, 3:

    jactantur cuncta et in contrarium transeunt jubente fortunā,

    Sen. Ep. 99, 9:

    in vinum transire,

    Plin. 22, 24, 52, § 112; Sen. Ep. 114, 24; 84, 6; 85, 15.—
    3.
    To overpass, surpass, excel:

    qui hoc agit, ut prior sit, forsitan, etiamsi non transierit, aequabit,

    Quint. 10, 2, 10:

    verum ut transeundi spes non sit, magna tamen est dignitas subsequendi,

    id. 12, 11, 28:

    Pompeium transire paras,

    Luc. 2, 565:

    monumenta transibit nostra juventus,

    id. 4, 499.—
    4.
    In speaking.
    a.
    To pass over to another subject:

    ad partitionem transeamus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:

    ad alias (quaestiones),

    Quint. 7, 1, 18:

    hinc ad rationem sermonis conjuncti,

    id. 8, 3, 40:

    protinus ad dispositionem,

    id. 6, 5, 1:

    ad responsum partis alterius,

    id. 7, 1, 6:

    ad rhetoris officia (proximus liber),

    id. 1, 12, 19:

    consumptis precibus violentam transit in iram,

    Ov. M. 8, 106:

    inde in syllabas cura transibit,

    Quint. 1, 4, 17.— Impers. pass.:

    seminarii curam ante convenit dici, quam transeatur ad alia genera,

    Plin. 17, 10, 13, § 68:

    transeatur ad alteram contionem,

    Liv. 45, 37, 11. —
    b.
    To go quickly or briefly through a subject (syn. transcurro):

    sed in animo est leviter transire ac tantummodo perstringere unamquamque rem,

    to touch lightly upon, Cic. Rosc. Am. 32, 91:

    sperare et ea quae premant et ea quae inpendeant me facile transiturum,

    id. Fam. 9, 1, 2:

    eos (libros) omnes duabus proximis noctibus cursim transeo,

    Gell. 9, 4, 5:

    brevi auditu quamvis magna transibat,

    Tac. H. 2, 59.—
    c.
    To pass over, pass by, leave untouched (so freq. first in post-Aug. prose;

    syn. praetermitto): malueram, quod erat susceptum ab illis, silentio transiri,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 3: ex quo tu quae digna sunt, selige, multa transi, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 11, 4:

    ut alii transeunt quaedam imputantque quod transeant: sic ego nihil praetereo, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 21, 4:

    Neronem enim transeo,

    id. ib. 5, 3, 6; so,

    Protagoran transeo,

    Quint. 3, 4, 10; cf. id. 10, 1, 57; 12, 1, 22; 12, 10, 22:

    sed hoc transeo,

    id. 12, 2, 4:

    ut ne id quidem transeam,

    id. 11, 3, 131:

    transeamus id quoque, quod, etc.,

    id. 1, 10, 17:

    ut transeam, quemadmodum vulgo imperiti loquantur,

    id. 1, 6, 45:

    lacrimas alicujus,

    Stat. S. 5 praef. —In pass.:

    nec a nobis neglegenter locus iste transibitur,

    Quint. 2, 4, 17:

    illa quoque minora non sunt transeunda,

    id. 10, 3, 31; 10, 2, 3:

    levia haec et transeunda,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 5:

    transita signa,

    Manil. 2, 486.—
    5.
    Of time, to pass by, elapse.
    a.
    Neutr.:

    cum legis dies transierit,

    Cic. Att. 7, 7, 6:

    dies hibernorum complures,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 2:

    multi jam menses,

    id. B. C. 3, 25:

    quinquennium,

    Dig. 7, 1, 37: tran et aetas;

    Quam cito!

    Tib. 1, 4, 27:

    menses transeunt,

    Phaedr. 5, 7, 11. —
    b.
    Act., to pass, spend:

    ne vitam silentio transeant,

    pass through, spend, Sall. C. 1, 1; so,

    vitam,

    id. ib. 2, 8 Kritz N. cr.:

    ipsum tribunatūs annum quiete et otio,

    Tac. Agr. 6 fin.:

    hiemem (securi),

    Sen. Ep. 90, 15:

    spatium juventae,

    to pass beyond, Ov. M. 15, 226.—
    6.
    To pass away, cease:

    precarium seni imperium et brevi transiturum,

    Tac. H. 1, 52 fin.:

    fortuna imperii transit,

    id. ib. 3, 49:

    mutatam auctoritatem (unguenti) et saepius transisse gloriam,

    Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 4:

    quidquid irarum fuit, transierit,

    Sen. Thyest. 398:

    caelum et terra,

    Vulg. Matt. 5, 18; id. 2 Pet. 3, 10; id. 1 Joan. 2, 17.—Hence, transĕunter, adv. (acc. to transeo, II. B. 4. b.), in passing, cursorily (late Lat.):

    commemorata quaestio, Aug. Civ. Dei, 15, 23: discussā indiciorum fide,

    Amm. 28, 1, 14.

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  • 10 ad-olēscō (adul-)

        ad-olēscō (adul-) olēvī, ultus, ere,    to grow up, come to maturity, ripen: sensim: simul atque adoleverit aetas, as soon as his age is mature, H.— Fig., to grow, mature, become great: ingenium brevi adolevit, S.: postquam res p. adolevit, S.

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  • 11 circum-scrībō

        circum-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere,    to encircle, circumscribe, enclose in a ring: orbem: virgulā stantem: virgā regem, L. — Fig., to define, encompass, enclose, limit, bound, circumscribe: nullis terminis ius suum: genus brevi circumscribi potest: uno genere genus hoc aratorum, to comprehend in one class. — To contract, hem in, circumscribe, hinder, restrain, confine, limit: praetorem: de circumscribendo adulescente sententia: insolentia in circumscribendis tribunis plebis, Cs. — To deceive, cheat, circumvent, entrap, ensnare, defraud: interrogationibus circumscripti: adulescentulos, overreach: Pupillos, Iu.—To cancel, annul, invalidate, make void, set aside: omni tempore Sullano circumscripto: circumscriptis iis sententiis, quas posui.

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  • 12 com-prehendō (conp-)

        com-prehendō (conp-) or comprēndō, dī, sus, ere,    to bind together, unite: eas navīs funibus, L.—To take hold of, seize, catch, grasp, apprehend: quid (opus est) manibus, si nihil comprehendendum est?: comprehendunt utrumque et orant, Cs.: comprensa manūs effugit imago, V.: forcipe linguam, O.—To include: circuitus rupis XXXII. stadia comprehendit, Cu.—To attack, seize, lay hold of, arrest, catch, apprehend, capture: hunc pro moecho, T.: hostem: fures, Ct.: lictores, L.: alqm in furto: alqm in fugā, Cs.—To detect, discover: adulterium: res indicio. — Of places, to occupy, seize upon: aliis comprehensis collibus munitiones perfecerunt, Cs. — Of fire: ignem, to catch, Cs.: flammā comprehensā naves sunt combustae, Cs.: ignis robora comprendit, V.: avidis comprenditur ignibus agger, O.: comprehensa aedificia, L. — Fig., to take in, grasp, perceive, comprehend: opinionem mentibus: omnia animis: sensu: alqd memoriā, hold.—To comprise, express, describe, recount, narrate: breviter comprehensa sententia: alqd brevi: aliquid dictis, O.: (species) numero, to enumerate, V.: numerum, to reckon, O.—To include, bind, embrace: multos amicitiā: omnibus officiis, per patrem, totam praefecturam.

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  • 13 cōnficiō

        cōnficiō fēcī, fectus, ere    [com- + facio], to make ready, make, prepare, bring about, complete, accomplish, execute, consummate, fulfil: soccos suā manu: vestem: tabulae litteris Graecis confectae, written, Cs.: libri Graeco sermone confecti, composed, N.: librum Graece, N.: tabulas, to keep accounts: nuptias, T.: bello confecto, ended, S.: duella, H.: facinus: caedem, N.: mandata brevi, S.: spes conficiendi negotii, Cs.: quibus rebus confectis, S.—To settle, close, finish: cum Apellā de columnis: de negotio.—To pass over, accomplish, traverse, go over, make: magno itinere confecto, Cs.: iter anno, N.: ubi confecti cursūs, V.: inmensum spatiis aequor, V.: tecta facturi, ut mille passuum conficiatur, covered.—To diminish, lessen, weaken, sweep away, destroy, kill, subdue, wear out, consume: Atheniensīs, N.: provincias: exercitūs, L.: me (sica) paene confecit, killed: dentes escas conficiunt, grind: cibum, L.: cibos, to digest: fame confici: patrimonium: suam rem. —P. perf., impaired, weakened, overcome, reduced, exhausted: equus senio, Enn. ap. C.: aetate, S.: aevo, V.: malis res p.: volneribus, Cs.: curā, T.: confectus et saucius: (captivos) ignominiis, worn out, L.—To prepare, provide, procure, bring together: tribum necessariis suis, the votes of: armata milia centum, Cs.: pauxillulum nummorum, T.: pecuniam ex illā re: conficiendae pecuniae rationes.—Fig., to produce, cause, make, bring about, effect: aliquid gnato mali, T.: motūs animorum: animum mitem, render: causae conficiunt, are efficient.—Of time, to complete, finish, end, spend, pass: sexaginta annos: noctis partem ibi: hieme confectā, Cs.: vitae cursum.—To show, deduce: ex alquā re alqd: ex quo conficitur, ut, etc.: id quod conficiatur ex ratiocinatione; see also confio.
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    conficere, confeci, confectus V TRANS
    make, construct; prepare, complete, accomplish; cause; perform; do thoroughly; compose; amass, collect; raise (troops); traverse; eat up, consume; expend; finish off; kill, dispatch; defeat finally, subdue/reduce/pacify; chop/cut up

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  • 14 cunctor (cont-)

        cunctor (cont-) ātus, ārī, dep.,    to delay, linger, loiter, hesitate, doubt: cunctando restituit rem, Enn. ap. C.: cunctando bellum gerebat, L.: omnia si cunctor amitto: qui cunctatus fuerit, L.: dolo an vere, S.: militibus cunctantibus, Desilite, inquit, etc., Cs.: alius alium exspectantes cunctamini, S.: diutius in vita: inter metum et iram, Ta.: super tantā re, Ta.: Cunctatusque brevi, after a moment of hesitation, O.: (apes) partīs cunctatur in omnīs, i. e. threatens, V.: propius accedere, S.: arma capere, L.: cunctamini, quid faciatis? S.: non cunctandum quin decertaret, Cs.: cunctatur amnis, lingers, V.: corripit Cunctantem (ramum), reluctant, V.— Pass impers.: non est cunctandum profiteri, etc.: nec cunctatum apud latera, Ta.

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  • 15 cursus

        cursus ūs, m    [1 CEL-], a running, course, way, march, passage, voyage, journey: cursum quom institeris, T.: navium, Cs.: ingressus, cursus, accubitio: cursu cum aequalibus certare, S.: cursu contingere metam, H.: se cursu miratur in ipso, O.: quique pedum cursu valet, V.: huc magno cursu intenderunt, at full speed, Cs.: cursu Troas agebat, V.: cursu in hostem feruntur, advance at a run, L.: cursum in medios dedit, rushed, V.: effuso cursu, L.: eodem cursu contendere, right onward, Cs.: tam brevi tempore tantos cursūs conficere: cursum direxit, quo tendebat, N.: iterare cursūs relictos, H.: Hunc morem cursūs docuit, sort of race, V.: Cursibus decernere, in racing, V.: Quo cursu deserta petiverit, flight, V.: in hoc medio cursu, i. e. half-way across, Cs.: secundissimo vento cursum tenere.—Of things, a course, way, flow: stellarum: mutata suos flumina cursūs, movement, V.: Cursibus obliquis fluens, O. — A passage: cursum exspectare, i. e. a fair wind.—Poet.: et vi cursus in altum Vela vocet, V.—Fig., a course, progress, direction, way, passage, access, succession: rerum: vitae: quem dederat cursum fortuna, V.: temporum: continuus proeliorum, Ta.: vocis per omnīs sonos: invectus contexere cursu, i. e. in a breath, Iu.: In cursu meus dolor est, i. e. is permanent, O.: recto depellere cursu, from virtue, H.
    * * *
    running; speed/zeal; charge, onrush; forward movement/march; revolution (wheel); course/direction, line of advance, orbit; voyage/passage; race; career; series; lesson

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  • 16 dē-fīniō

        dē-fīniō īvī, ītus, īre,    to bound, set bounds to, limit, terminate, define: fundi extremam partem oleae ordine: orbem terrarum (loca): huius generis orationem, bring to an end. — Fig., to limit, define, explain: genus brevi definiri potest: unum hoc definio, tantam esse, etc., this only I declare, etc. — To fix, determine, establish, appoint: aedīs sibi: ut suus cuique locus erat definitus, Cs.: ante quem diem iturus sit, Cs.: cum esset omnibus definita mors. — To limit, bound, restrict, confine: amicitiam paribus officiis ac voluntatibus.

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  • 17 ferrum

        ferrum ī, n     iron, C., Cs., H.—Poet.: gerere ferrum in pectore, i. e. cruelty, O.: durior ferro, O.: de duro est ultima (aetas) ferro, O.: ferro duravit saecula, H.—An iron, tool of iron, iron implement: ferro proscindere campum, ploughshare, O.: ferro scindimus aequor, V.: ferro mitiget agrum, axe, H.: Petita ferro belua, dart, H.: aduncum, arrow-head, O.: hastae brevi ferro, head, Ta.: Dextra tenet ferrum, stylus, O.: longos ferro resecare capillos, shears, O.: foedare crinīs Vibratos calido ferro, curling-irons, V.: stridor ferri tractaeque catenae, iron chain, V.—A sword: ferro iter aperiundum est, S.: aut ferro aut fame interire, Cs.: uri virgis ferroque necari, H.: ferro inter se comminus decertare: cernere ferro, V.: ferro regna lacessere, with war, V.: huic urbi ferro ignique minitantur, i. e. with fire and sword: ferunt ferrumque ignemque In Danaas classes, O.: igni ferroque.—Fig., the age of iron: ad ferrum venistis ab auro, O.
    * * *
    iron; any tool of iron; weapon, sword

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  • 18 flectō

        flectō flēxī, flexus, ere    [FALC-], to bend, bow, curve, turn, turn round: equos brevi, Cs.: de foro in Capitolium currūs: habenas, O.: cursūs in orbem, O.: iter ad Privernum, L.: flexa In burim ulmus, V.: artūs, L.: ora retro, O.: geminas acies huc, direct, V.: lumina, avert, V.: salignas cratīs, weave, V.: flex<*> fractique motūs, contorted: flexum mare, a bay, Ta.: (silva) se sinistrorsus, Cs.: (milvus) Flectitur in gyrum, wheels, O.: flector in anguem, wind myself into a snake, O.: Cera multas Flectitur in facies, is moulded, O.— To turn, double, pass around: in flectendis promunturiis: Leucatam.— To turn from, avoid, turn out of: viam, C., L.: iter, V.— To turn, go, divert one's course, march, pass: laevo flectentes limine, V.: ex Gabino in Tusculanos flexere colles, L.: ad Oceanum, L.: ad sapientiam, Ta.—Fig., to bend, turn, direct, sway, change: animum, T.: teneros et rudīs: suam naturam huc et illuc: vocem, modulate: flexus sonus, i. e. melancholy: mentīs suas ad nostrum imperium: aliquem a proposito, divert, L.: animos, quin, etc., L.: animos ad carmina, O.: Quo vobis mentes sese flexere viaï? Enn. ap. C.: Cereus in vitium flecti, H.: flexo in meridiem die, Ta.: versūs, qui in Tiberium flecterentur, i. e. might be applied, Ta.— To bend, move, persuade, influence, prevail upon, overcome, soften, appease: quibus rebus ita flectebar animo, ut, etc.: flectere mollibus Iam durum imperiis, H.: Superos, V.: fata deum precando, V.: ingenium alicuius avorsum, S.: si flectitur ira deorum, O.: ad deditionem animos, L.
    * * *
    flectere, flexi, flexus V
    bend, curve, bow; turn, curl; persuade, prevail on, soften

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  • 19 in

       in    [old indu], prep. with acc. or abl.    I. With acc., in space, with verbs implying entrance, into, to: in Epirum venire: in flumen deicere: in Ubios legatos mittere, Cs.: Thalam pervenit, in oppidum magnum, S.—Fig.: in memoriam reducere: in animum inducere, L.: dicam quod mi in mentemst, T.—With verbs of motion, up to, to, into, down to: in caelum ascendere: in aram confugitis ad deum, up to the altar: vas in manūs sumere, into his hands: se in manūs Romanis tradidisse, L.—With verbs of rest or placing, in: adesse in senatum iussit: Minucius in custodiam habitus, thrown into prison and kept there, L.: propinquas suas nuptum in alias civitates conlocasse, Cs.—Of direction or local relation, towards, in front of, over against: in orientem Germaniae obtenditur, Ta.: coram in os te laudare, T.: castra movet in Arvernos versus, towards, Cs.: in Galliam versus movere, S.—In time, into, till, for: dormiet in lucem, till broad day, H.: in multum diei, L.: e somno, quem in diem extrahunt, Ta.: indutias in triginta annos impetraverunt, for thirty years, L.: in omne tempus, forever: hominem invitavit in posterum diem, for the following day.— In adverbial expressions with words of time: sancit in posterum, ne quis, etc., hereafter: res dilata est in posterum, to a later day: et in praesentia hi et in futurum metum ceperunt, L.: in perpetuum fore: non in tempus aliquod, sed in aeternum, L.: ex raptis in diem commeatibus, for immediate use, L.: fundum emere in diem, i. e. a fixed day of payment, N.: in dies singulos, each succeeding day: in dies, day by day, L.: nos in diem vivimus, for the moment: in diem et horam, every day, H.: in horas, hourly, H.—Of reference, in relation to, about, respecting, towards, against: id, quod est in philosophos dictum, concerning: carmen, quod in eum scripsisset: in liberos nostros indulgentia: impietates in deos, against: in dominum quaeri, as a witness against: invehi in Thebanos, N.: hominis definitio una in omnīs valet, applies to: in obsequium pronus, H.: in utrumque paratus, V.: in incertum, ne, etc., in view of the uncertainty, whether, L.—Of purpose, for, with a view to: haec civitas mulieri in redimiculum praebeat: Regium in praesidium missa legio, as a garrison, L.: in gratiam sociorum, to gratify, L.: Quos audere in proelia vidi, V.: praemia, in quorum spem pugnarent, L.: in spem pacis solutis animis, L.: Ingrata misero vita ducenda est in hoc, ut, etc., H.: satis in usum, for immediate wants, L. —Of result, to, unto, so as to produce: in familiae luctum nupsit: Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, V.: commutari ex veris in falsa. —In the phrases, in tantum, so far, so greatly: nec In tantum spe tollet avos, V.: in tantum suam felicitatem enituisse, L.—In rem esse, to be useful, avail: si in rem est Bacchidis, T.: imperat, quae in rem sunt, L.: in rem fore credens universos adpellare, S.—Of manner, according to, after: ille in eam sententiam versus, to this effect: in utramque partem disputat, on both sides: cives servilem in modum cruciati, like slaves: vaticinantis in modum canere, L.: virtutem in maius celebrare, S.: in hanc formulam iudicia: sc. in haec verba factum, L.: in universum, in general, L.: in universum aestimanti, upon a general view, Ta.—Of distribution, into, for, according to: Gallia divisa est in partīs trīs, Cs.: describebat censores binos in singulas civitates, i. e. for each state: sextantibus conlatis in capita, a head, L.—Praegn.: in eorum potestatem portum futurum intellegebant. would fall: in potestatem Locrensium esse, L.    II. With abl., of space, in, within: in cerebro animi esse sedem: quae res in nostris castris gererentur, Cs.: in foro palam Syracusis: (caedes) in viā facta: nupta in domo, L.: copias in castris continent, Cs.: in tuā sedeculā sedere: Heri coīmus in Piraeo, T.: navis et in Caietā parata.—Of position, on, upon, over, among, before, in, under: in equo sedens, on horseback: in eo flumine pons erat, over, Cs.: multā te in rosā urget, H.: Caesaris in barbaris erat nomen obscurius, among, Cs.: in Brutiis praeesse, L.: in manu poculum tenens: est in manibus oratio: gloria in oculis sita, S.: populari in oculis eius agros, under, L.—In, with, wearing, under, clad, covered: in veste candidā, L.: in lugubri veste, Cu.: homines in catenis Romam mittere, L.: in violā aut in rosā, garlanded: legiones in armis, Cs.—Of a multitude or number, in, among, of: In his poëta hic nomen profitetur suom, T.: sapientissimus in septem: eum in tuis habere: iustissimus unus in Teucris, V.—Of writings, in: in populorum institutis aut legibus: in Timaeo dicit: perscribit in litteris, hostīs ab se discessisse, Cs.: in Thucydide orbem modo orationis desidero, in the style of.—Fig., of mind or character, in: in animo habere: quanta auctoritas fuit in Metello!: in omni animante est summum aliquid.—In phrases, with manibus or manu, at hand, under control, within reach: quamcunque rem habent in manibus: neque mihi in manu fuit Iugurtha qualis foret, in my power, S.: cum tantum belli in manibus esset, on their hands, L.: quorum epistulas in manu teneo.—With loco: in eo loco, in that state, in such a condition: in eo enim loco res sunt nostrae, ut, etc., L.: quo in loco res esset, cognoscere, Cs.: quod ipse, si in eodem loco esset, facturus fuerit, L.—In eo esse ut, etc., to be in such a condition, etc.: cum in eo esset, ut, etc., the situation was such, L.—Of time, in, during, in the course of, within: in tempore hoc, T.: in tali tempore, L.: in diebus paucis, T.: Tam in brevi spatio, T.: in omni aetate: in totā vitā inconstans.—In, while, during: fit, ut distrahatur in deliberando animus: in dividendo partem in genere numerare: in agris vastandis, in laying waste, Cs.: cum in immolandā Iphigeniā tristis Calchas esset.—In phrases, in tempore, in time, at the right time, seasonably: ipsum video in tempore huc se recipere, T.: spreta in tempore gloria interdum cumulatior redit, L.—In praesentiā, at present, now, for the moment, under existing circumstances: sic enim mihi in praesentiā occurrit: id quod unum maxime in praesentiā desiderabatur, L.—In praesenti, for the present: haec ad te in praesenti scripsi, ut, etc.: talenta centum in praesenti, down, L.—Of condition or occupation, in, subject to, affected by, experiencing, engaged in, involved in: magno in aere alieno: torpescentne dextrae in amentiā illā? L.: diem in laetitiā degere, T.: civitas, quae tibi in amore fuit, beloved: in invidiā esse, L.: quod in summis tuis occupationibus voluisti, etc., when engrossed by: in eo magistratu pari diligentiā se praebuit, N.: esse in vitio, in the wrong: hoc est in vitio, perhorrescere, etc., is wrong.—In the case of, in relation to: numcubi meam Benignitatem sensisti in te claudier? in your case (i. e. towards you), T.: facere in eo, cuius, etc., in the case of the man, Cs.: in furibus aerari, S.: Achilles talis in hoste fuit, V.: in hoc homine saepe a me quaeris, etc., in the case of.— In phrases, with summā, in all, in a word, in fine: in omni summā me ad pacem converto.—With neut. sing. of an adj. (expressing more abstractly the quality): cum exitūs haud in facili essent (i. e. haud faciles), L.: in obscuro vitam habere, S.: in dubio esse, L.: in integro esse: in tuto esse, L.: in aequo esse, L.: in aperto esse, S.: in promisco esse, L.: in incerto haberi, S.    III. In composition, in retains its n before vowels, and before h, c, d, f, g, consonant i, n, q, s, t, v, usually also before l and r, and very frequently before m, b, p. But the n is usually assimilated before m, b, p, and often before l, r.
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    I
    in, on, at (space); in accordance with/regard to/the case of; within (time)
    II
    into; about, in the mist of; according to, after (manner); for; to, among

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  • 20 intericiō

        intericiō iēcī, iectus, ere    [inter+iacio], to throw between, set between, intersperse, join, intermix: legionarias intericiunt cohortes, Cs.: id interiecit inter individuum atque id, quod, etc.: his maestis laetitia intericitur, Ta.: preces et minas, to intervene with, Ta.—Mostly P. pass., placed between, interposed, interspersed, inserted, intervening, intermingled, intermediate: longo intervallo interiecto: brevi spatio interiecto, after a short interval, Cs.: quo (anno) interiecto, after a year: paucis interiectis diebus, after a few days, L.: interim, hac morā interiectā, during this delay, Cs.: nasus oculis interiectus: aer inter mare et caelum: inter has personas me interiectum.— Plur n. as subst.: interiecta inter Romam et Arpos, L.
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    intericere, interjeci, interjectus V TRANS
    put/throw between; interpose; insert; introduce

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