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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.
    * * *
    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 post-eā or post eā

        post-eā or post eā adv.,    after this, after that, hereafter, thereafter, afterwards, later: qui in exercitu P. Sullae, et postea in M. Crassi fuerat, Cs.: postea cum nihil scriberetur: post ea loci consul pervenit in oppidum, S.: postea aliquanto, a little while after: paucis postea mensibus: per brevi postea mortuus est: legati deinde postea missi ab rege, L.: inde postea, L.: postea deinceps, L.— With quam (less correctly as one word, posteaquam), after that: postea quam ego in Siciliam veni: postea quam nuntii venerint, Cs.: postea vero quam accepit, etc., S.—Then, after that, in view of that, in fine: nonne haec iusta tibi videntur postea? T.: quid postea? what then? T., L.: quid postea, si Romae adsiduus fui? what follows?

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  • 4 post ea

    postĕā (in some edd. also separately, post ĕa), adv. [post- and acc. plur. ea, orig. eā, Corss. Ausspr. 1, 769].
    I.
    After this or that, hereafter, thereafter, afterwards:

    P. Considius, qui in exercitu P. Sullae, et postea in M. Crassi fuerat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 21; Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 90; id. Brut. 3, 12:

    postea, cum mihi nihil scriberetur, verebar ne, etc.,

    id. Fam. 2, 19, 1:

    postea vero quam equitatus in conspectum venit,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37; Cato, R. R. 156. —With abl. of difference of time (class.):

    postea aliquanto,

    a little while after, Cic. Inv. 2, 51, 154:

    paucis postea mensibus,

    id. Clu. 47, 130:

    brevi postea mortuus est,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 54, § 142:

    non multo postea,

    not long after, id. Cat. 1, 6, 15:

    paulo postea,

    Amm. 26, 10, 5:

    multo postea,

    id. 28, 4, 3.— So with adv. of time (post-class.):

    non diu postea,

    Amm. 14, 11, 24:

    haud longe postea,

    id. 14, 7, 17:

    longe autem postea,

    id. 17, 4, 5.—With deinde, inde, or deinceps, then, [p. 1405] after that, afterwards:

    legati deinde postea missi ab rege,

    Liv. 41, 24:

    inde postea,

    id. 44, 24:

    postea deinceps,

    id. 45, 14.— postea quam (also as one word, posteaquam), after that (very freq. in Cic.):

    postea quam ego in Siciliam veni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 56, § 138:

    posteaquam honoribus inservire coepi,

    id. Off. 2, 1, 4; 3, 2, 8:

    postea quam nuntii venerint,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 10; 7, 82; 5, 32:

    posteaquam Agesilaum misere,

    Just. 6, 2, 7.—Rarely with pluperf.:

    postea quam tantam multitudinem conlegerat emblematum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 24, § 54 (cf. Zumpt, §

    507 b).—So, too, postea vero quam,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 37; Cic. Fam. 3, 7, 5; Sall. J. 29, 3; Nep. Dion, 4, 3 al.; cf.:

    postea autem quam ei nuntiatum est,

    Cic. Clu. 67, 192:

    postea (or post ea) loci for postea: post ea loci consul pervenit in oppidum,

    Sall. J. 102, 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Afterwards, for then, besides (ante-class.), Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 35; id. Most. 1, 3, 131 (dub.).—
    B.
    Then, in consequence of this:

    nonne haec justa tibi videntur postea?

    Ter. Ad. 4, 5, 26.—

    Hence, quid postea?

    what next? what further? what then? Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 23:

    quid postea, si Romae assiduus fui?

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 33, 94:

    at enim nemo post reges exactos de plebe consul fuit: quid postea?

    Liv. 4, 4.

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  • 5 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

  • 6 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

  • 7 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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  • 8 kurz

    kurz, I) von kleiner Ausdehnung im Raume: brevis (im allg., Ggstz. longus, latus). – curtus (eig., verschnitten, verkürzt, d.i. kurz, zu kurz. von dem, dem die hinlängliche Größe od. Vollkommenheit fehlt). – contractus (zusammengezogen, eingeengt, eingeschränkt, der Ausdehnung nach). – astrictus (knapp angezogen, k. der Breite, Weite nach); verb. contractus et astrictus. – artus. angustus (knapp, eng, s. d.). – minutus (kleiner gemacht, winzig, von derkleinsten, kaum bemerkbaren Größe). prae cīsus (abgebrochen, kurz, z.B. Perioden, conclusiones). – pressus (kurz, aber erschöpfend, von der Rede, Schreibart u. vom Redner). – sehr k., perbrevis; brevissimus: nicht kurzer als etc., non minus longus m. Genet. (z.B. fistulae ne minus longae denûm pedum fundantur). – k. von Statur, k. gebaut, staturā brevis; auch bl. brevis; brevi corpore: ein k. Weg, via brevis: ein kürzerer Weg, via compendiaria; viae compendium: ein k. Gesicht, oculi non longe conspectum ferentes: ein k. Gesicht haben, s. kurzsichtig sein. – etw. ins kurze ziehen, in breve od. in angustum cogere; in angustum deducere; in brevem formam contrahere: den kürzern ziehen, inferiorem esse (im Kampfe, vor Gericht, Ggstz. superiorem discedere, z.B. in der Verhandlung, in agendo: u. in causa pari). – Adv.breviter (im allg.). – arte. anguste (knapp, eng). – paucis. breviter (mit wenig Worten). – strictim. carptim (nur obenhin, nicht ausführlich); verb. breviter strictimque. – praecīse (abgebrochen, mit wenig Worten, Ggstz. plene et perfecte; dann auch = rundheraus, geradezu, z.B. abschlagen, negare). – presse od. pressius (kurz, aber erschöpfend, z.B. definire). – jmd. k. halten, alqm arte coërcere. alqm arte contenteque habere (im allg., keine Freiheit lassen); exigue alci praebere sumptum (jmdm. die Mittel zum Aufwand [1525] spärlich reichen): sich k. bei etwas fassen, breviter exponere od. paucis absolvere alqd;in pauca verba od. bl. in pauca conferre alqd; brevi comprehendere: ich will es k. machen, ich will mich k. fassen, brevi praecīdam; brevi faciam; in breve cogam; nolo esse longus: rem paucis absolvam; ganz k., in verba conferam paucissima: um es k. zu sagen od. zu machen, um mich k. zu fassen od. bloß kurz!, ut in pauca conferam od. conferamus; ne longum faciam; ne longum fiat; ne longus sim; ut paucis dicam od. absolvam; ne (multis) te morer (um dich nicht aufzuhalten); de quo ne multa disseram. ne diutius disseram (um mich darüber in keine weitläufige Erörterung einzulassen); ne multa; ne plura; quid multa? quid plura? quid quaeris? denique (den. bes. auch, wenn nach einer Reihe von Aufzählungen ein Schluß angefügt wird); uno verbo (mit einem Worte, steht nur da, wo wirklich nur ein Wort folgt, z.B. der Ausdruck des Ganzen nach Anführung der Teile, s. Cic. Phil. 2, 54). – k. u. gut, paucis quidem, sed bene (kurz u. zugleich gut); dictum est. stat sententia. certum est mihi (es bleibt dabei); ne multa etc., s. vorher (um mich kurz zu fassen, kurz!). – kurz u. bündig, contorte. – kurzer Hand, breviter. – II) von kleiner Ausdehnung in der Zeit: brevis. – exiguus (unbedeutend, unbeträchtlich; beide z.B. Zeit, Leben). – contractus (zusammengezogen, verkürzt, z.B. noctes). – parvi temporis (von kleiner, geringer Zeit, z.B. quies). – der kürzeste Tag, dies brumalis; bruma (übh. die Zeit der Sonnenwende zu Anfang des Winters): die kürzeste Nacht, nox solstitialis (die Nacht zur Zeit der Sommersonnenwende); solstitium (die Zeit der Sommersonnenwende übh.). – eine k. Silbe, syllaba brevis: eine Silbe k. gebrauchen, syllabam corripere: eine Silbe k. aussprechen. breviter dicere syllabam: in indoctus ist der erste Buchstabe (die erste Silbe) k., indoctusdicimus (dicitur) brevi primā litterā. – ein k. Gedächtnis, memoria hebes: die Zeit würde zu kurz sein, wenn ich die Könige und Feldherren aufzählen wollte, dies me deficiat, si reges imperatoresque enumerare velim. – in kurzem, brevi tempore od. spatio; gew. bl. brevi; celeriter (schnell): ganz in k., perbrevi. – kurz vorher, vor kurzem, brevi ante. paulo ante. proxime (ganz kurz vorher); modo (so eben, noch nicht längst); nuper (neulich, jüngst, von der nächsten, aber doch schon etwas entferntern Vergangenheit, s. Cic. Verr. 4, 6). – kurz nachher, brevi post od. postea; paulo post od. post paulo; non ita multo post; brevi spatio interiecto. – k. vor unserer Zeit, paulo supra hanc memoriam. – k. nach jmds. Tode, haud multum post mortem alcis: über k. od. lang, quandoque od. (seltener) quandocumque (irgend einmal, es sei, wann es wolle); serius ocius (früher oder später): k. vor Tage, paulo ante lucem: niemand hat zu k. (zu k. Zeit) gelebt, der etc., nemo parum diu vixit, qui etc.

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  • 9 brevis

    brevis, e (βραχύς), kurz, klein, von geringer Ausdehnung, I) quantitativ: A) räumlich: a) in die Weite, kurz, klein, schmal (Ggstz. longus, latus), via, Verg.: via brevior (Ggstz. longior anfractus), Nep.: aqua br., schmales, Ov.: iter urinae brevius (Ggstz. spatiosius), Cels.: Corsic Sardiniā brevior, porrectior Ilvā, Sen.: cursus brevissimus, Verg.: in breve cogere, eng zusammenrollen, Hor. – b) in die Höhe, Länge, kurz, klein, niedrig (Ggstz. longus, altus, procerus), longus an brevis sit, Cic.: avicula brevis, Amm.: (homo) brevi capite, Pacuv. fr.: homo corpore brevis, Suet: iudex brevior, Cic.: frons, schmale, Mart.: funis, vinculum, Gell. – c) in die Tiefe, niedrig, flach, seicht (Ggstz. profundus), litus, Tac.: brevia vada, Verg., od. bl. brevia, Verg. u. Tac., u. Sing. breve, is, n., Tac. ann. 14, 29 (dazu Nipperd.), seichte Örter, Untiefen, Sandbänke. – B) zeitlich: 1) eig., kurz, klein (Ggstz. longus), numquam tibi dies longi erunt, sed breves videbuntur, Hier. ep. 130, 15: aevi brevis, Hor.: ad breve tempus (Ggstz. diu), Cic.: primus ille et brevissimi temporis impetus, Liv.: brevi tempore, auch bl. brevi, in kurzer Zeit, in kurzem, nächstens, Cic. u.a. (unklass. in brevi, Afran. com. 196): brevi post, brevi deinde, Liv.: brevi antequam moreretur, Gell.: aber auch brevi, während einer kurzen Zeit, eine kleine Weile, Ov. met. 5, 32 (vgl. 7, 307: illa brevi spatio silet): ad breve, auf kurze Zeit, Suet. Tib. 68. Vulg. act. apost. 5, 34. – brevi ( beim Compar., um ein kleines), fuit Aeschylus non brevi antiquior, Gell. 13, 19 (18), 4. – 2) übtr.: a) übh. von Dingen in der Zeit, von kurzer Dauer, kurz, dah. auch vorübergehend, vergänglich, flüchtig (Ggstz. longus, perpetuus, sempiternus), bonum, Nov. fr.: vita, Plaut.: vitae curriculum, Cic.: ver, Ov.: occasio, Ter.: dolor, Cic.: rosa, flos, lilium, nur kurze Zeit blühende, Hor.: osculum, flüchtiger Kuß, Tac.: assensus, Tac.: dominus, eine kurze Zeit lebender, Hor.: scias nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius, aber auch nichts hinfälliger, hinwelkender, Suet. – subst., gaudere od. laetari in brevi, sich am Vergänglichen erfreuen, Commodian. apol. 600 u. instr. 1, 21, 10. – b) insbes.: α) v. der Silbenmessung, kurz, geschärft (Ggstz. longus, productus), a primum longa brevis syllaba, Lucil. fr.: syllabae longae et breves et mediocres (mittelzeitigen), Gell.: postrema syllaba brevis an longa sit, ne in versu quidem refert, Cic.: syllaba longa brevi subiecta, Hor.: u. subst., brevis, is, f. (verst. syllaba), eine Kürze = eine kurze Silbe (Ggstz. longa), creticus, qui est e longa et brevi et longa, et eius aequalis paean, qui spatio par est, syllabā longior. Nam aut e longa est et tribus brevibus, aut e totidem brevibus et longa, Cic. – v. geschärfter Aussprache, indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, in sanus productā, inhumanus brevi, infelix longā, Cic.: ut aut contractione brevius fieret aut productione longius, Cic.: ut multarum brevium iunctura vitetur, Sen. – β) v. Ausdruck, kurz, kurz gefaßt, kurz und bündig (Ggstz. longus), ne (ille ambitus) brevior sit quam satis sit, neque longior, Cic.: comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis, Cic.: breves litterae tuae, Cic.: laudatio br., narratio br., Cic.: brevi, kurz, mit wenigen Worten, Cic.: quod etsi ita esse pluribus verbis disserendum est; illud tamen et breve confitendum est, nisi qui ita sit affectus, liberum esse neminem, Cic.: breve faciam, ich will's kurz machen, Cic.: hoc breve dicam, ich will's kurz sagen, Cic.: in breve cogere, kurz fassen, Liv. – m. 2. Sup., quam brevia responsu, Cic. Clu. 164. – dah. breve, n., od. brevis, is, m. (sc. liber), ein kurzes Verzeichnis, eine Liste, Vopisc. u. Spät.: ut in brevi, wie in einem kurzen Verzeichnisse, in der Kürze, Quint. 9, 4, 32. – c) v. Redner, kurz, sich kurz fassend, kurz und bündig (Ggstz. longus, copiosus), oratorum si quis ita numerat plura genera, ut alios grandes aut graves aut copiosos, alios tenues aut subtiles aut breves putet etc., Cic.: multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut, cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint, Cic.: ut ego brevior sim, Cic.: esto brevis, Hor.: brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio, Hor. – II) qualitativ: a) schmächtig, geschmeidig, mus, Ov. fast. 2, 574: forma, Ov. met. 5, 457. – b) kurz, gedrungen, pondus, Hor. sat. 2, 2, 37. – c) mager, knapp, gering, unbedeutend, dürftig, cena, Hor.: impensa, Ov.: insulae, Pallad.: vasculum, Pallad.

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  • 10 brevis

    brevis, e (βραχύς), kurz, klein, von geringer Ausdehnung, I) quantitativ: A) räumlich: a) in die Weite, kurz, klein, schmal (Ggstz. longus, latus), via, Verg.: via brevior (Ggstz. longior anfractus), Nep.: aqua br., schmales, Ov.: iter urinae brevius (Ggstz. spatiosius), Cels.: Corsic Sardiniā brevior, porrectior Ilvā, Sen.: cursus brevissimus, Verg.: in breve cogere, eng zusammenrollen, Hor. – b) in die Höhe, Länge, kurz, klein, niedrig (Ggstz. longus, altus, procerus), longus an brevis sit, Cic.: avicula brevis, Amm.: (homo) brevi capite, Pacuv. fr.: homo corpore brevis, Suet: iudex brevior, Cic.: frons, schmale, Mart.: funis, vinculum, Gell. – c) in die Tiefe, niedrig, flach, seicht (Ggstz. profundus), litus, Tac.: brevia vada, Verg., ob. bl. brevia, Verg. u. Tac., u. Sing. breve, is, n., Tac. ann. 14, 29 (dazu Nipperd.), seichte Örter, Untiefen, Sandbänke. – B) zeitlich: 1) eig., kurz, klein (Ggstz. longus), numquam tibi dies longi erunt, sed breves videbuntur, Hier. ep. 130, 15: aevi brevis, Hor.: ad breve tempus (Ggstz. diu), Cic.: primus ille et brevissimi temporis impetus, Liv.: brevi tempore, auch bl. brevi, in kurzer Zeit, in kurzem, nächstens, Cic. u.a. (unklass. in brevi, Afran. com. 196): brevi post, brevi deinde, Liv.: brevi antequam moreretur, Gell.: aber auch brevi, während einer kurzen Zeit, eine kleine Weile, Ov. met. 5, 32 (vgl. 7,
    ————
    307: illa brevi spatio silet): ad breve, auf kurze Zeit, Suet. Tib. 68. Vulg. act. apost. 5, 34. – brevi ( beim Compar., um ein kleines), fuit Aeschylus non brevi antiquior, Gell. 13, 19 (18), 4. – 2) übtr.: a) übh. von Dingen in der Zeit, von kurzer Dauer, kurz, dah. auch vorübergehend, vergänglich, flüchtig (Ggstz. longus, perpetuus, sempiternus), bonum, Nov. fr.: vita, Plaut.: vitae curriculum, Cic.: ver, Ov.: occasio, Ter.: dolor, Cic.: rosa, flos, lilium, nur kurze Zeit blühende, Hor.: osculum, flüchtiger Kuß, Tac.: assensus, Tac.: dominus, eine kurze Zeit lebender, Hor.: scias nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius, aber auch nichts hinfälliger, hinwelkender, Suet. – subst., gaudere od. laetari in brevi, sich am Vergänglichen erfreuen, Commodian. apol. 600 u. instr. 1, 21, 10. – b) insbes.: α) v. der Silbenmessung, kurz, geschärft (Ggstz. longus, productus), a primum longa brevis syllaba, Lucil. fr.: syllabae longae et breves et mediocres (mittelzeitigen), Gell.: postrema syllaba brevis an longa sit, ne in versu quidem refert, Cic.: syllaba longa brevi subiecta, Hor.: u. subst., brevis, is, f. (verst. syllaba), eine Kürze = eine kurze Silbe (Ggstz. longa), creticus, qui est e longa et brevi et longa, et eius aequalis paean, qui spatio par est, syllabā longior. Nam aut e longa est et tribus brevibus, aut e totidem brevibus et longa, Cic. – v. geschärfter Aussprache, indoctus dicimus brevi primā litterā, in-
    ————
    sanus productā, inhumanus brevi, infelix longā, Cic.: ut aut contractione brevius fieret aut productione longius, Cic.: ut multarum brevium iunctura vitetur, Sen. – β) v. Ausdruck, kurz, kurz gefaßt, kurz und bündig (Ggstz. longus), ne (ille ambitus) brevior sit quam satis sit, neque longior, Cic.: comprehensio et ambitus ille verborum erat apud illum contractus et brevis, Cic.: breves litterae tuae, Cic.: laudatio br., narratio br., Cic.: brevi, kurz, mit wenigen Worten, Cic.: quod etsi ita esse pluribus verbis disserendum est; illud tamen et breve confitendum est, nisi qui ita sit affectus, liberum esse neminem, Cic.: breve faciam, ich will's kurz machen, Cic.: hoc breve dicam, ich will's kurz sagen, Cic.: in breve cogere, kurz fassen, Liv. – m. 2. Sup., quam brevia responsu, Cic. Clu. 164. – dah. breve, n., od. brevis, is, m. (sc. liber), ein kurzes Verzeichnis, eine Liste, Vopisc. u. Spät.: ut in brevi, wie in einem kurzen Verzeichnisse, in der Kürze, Quint. 9, 4, 32. – c) v. Redner, kurz, sich kurz fassend, kurz und bündig (Ggstz. longus, copiosus), oratorum si quis ita numerat plura genera, ut alios grandes aut graves aut copiosos, alios tenues aut subtiles aut breves putet etc., Cic.: multos imitatio brevitatis decipit, ut, cum se breves putent esse, longissimi sint, Cic.: ut ego brevior sim, Cic.: esto brevis, Hor.: brevis esse laboro, obscurus fio, Hor. – II) qualitativ: a) schmächtig, geschmeidig, mus, Ov.
    ————
    fast. 2, 574: forma, Ov. met. 5, 457. – b) kurz, gedrungen, pondus, Hor. sat. 2, 2, 37. – c) mager, knapp, gering, unbedeutend, dürftig, cena, Hor.: impensa, Ov.: insulae, Pallad.: vasculum, Pallad.

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  • 11 brevis

    I e
    1) короткий, недлинный (hasta Nep; iter V — ср. 2.; trajectus Cs)
    2) узкий, тесный (via C, Nep; iter urinae CC — ср. 1.)
    3) невысокий, низкий (frons M; statura Su; pleraque Alpium breviora L); малорослый ( homo corpore brevis Su)
    4) мелкий, неглубокий (pute us J; vada V)
    5) мелкий, невзрачный, небольшой (mus, forma O; folia H)
    6) сокращённый, краткий, сжатый (narratio, epistula C; sententia Q)
    in breve cogere H — сказать в немногих словах, сократить
    7) умеренный, скромный ( cena H)
    8) короткий, непродолжительный, кратковременный (tempus C; nox Cs; ira b. furor est H)
    creticus est ex longā (sc. syllabā) et brevi et longā C — критская стопа (кретик) состоит из долгого, краткого и (ещё одного) долгого слогов
    brevi tempore или brevi C etc. — вскоре (b. recuperabit C) или в течение короткого времени
    fuit Aeschylus non brevi antiquior AG — Эсхил жил значительно раньше (Эврипида). — см. тж. breve, brevi и brevia
    II brevis, is m. Vop = breve

    Латинско-русский словарь > brevis

  • 12 tempora

    tempus, ŏris ( abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v. infra), n. [etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. temnô; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time].
    I.
    Lit., a portion or period of time, a time:

    tempus diei,

    daytime, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; 1, 1, 116:

    extremum diei,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

    matutina tempora,

    morning hours, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

    anni tempora,

    the seasons, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396; cf.:

    quam (Ennam) circa sunt laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, in hiberna exercitum deduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

    erat hibernum tempus anni,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Auct. B. Alex. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the time intervening between two events, etc., an interval, period, time:

    longo post tempore,

    Verg. E. 1, 68:

    magno post tempore,

    Just. 13, 4, 25; 16, 1, 1:

    brevi post tempore,

    id. 1, 7, 19; 4, 4, 4; 12, 2, 6:

    parvo post tempore,

    Val. Max. 8, 6, 1. — Plur.:

    longis temporibus ante,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., time, in general.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tempus est, id quo nunc utimur (nam ipsum quidem generaliter definire difficile est), pars quaedam aeternitatis cum alicujus annui, menstrui, diurni nocturnive spatii certā significatione,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    tempus esse dicunt intervallum mundi motus: id divisum in partes aliquot, maxime ab solis et lunae cursu: itaque ab eorum tenore temperato tempus dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.: hos siderum errores id ipsum esse, quod rite dicitur tempus, Cic. Univ. 9 fin.:

    neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14; cf.:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    vix huic tantulae epistulae tempus habui,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

    egeo tempore,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    unius horae tempus,

    Liv. 44, 9, 4:

    aliquot dierum tempus amisit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 45, 5:

    tempus duorum mensium petere ad delectus habendos,

    Liv. 29, 5, 7:

    triginta dierum tempus petens, ut, etc.,

    id. 38, 37, 10:

    tempus, pacis an belli, festinationis an otii,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

    ut tempora postulabant belli,

    Liv. 24, 8, 7:

    nec belli tantum temporibus, sed etiam in pace,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    temporibus Punici belli,

    Just. 30, 3, 1; 43, 4, 11:

    mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    erit, erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum, etc.,

    id. Mil. 26, 69:

    ex quo tempore tu me diligere coepisti,

    id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    eo tempore, quo promulgatum de multā ejus traditur,

    Liv. 6, 38, 12; 23, 10, 13:

    tempore, quo in homine non ut nunc omnia consentientia,

    id. 2, 32, 9:

    privatum eo tempore Quinctium fuisse, cum sacramento adacti sint,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    per idem tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 286:

    quos ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram,

    at that time, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    scripta in aliquod tempus reponantur,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    non tantulum Umquam intermittit tempus, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 32:

    uno et eodem temporis puncto nati... nascendi tempus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95; cf.:

    alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 6:

    dare tempus exponendi de aliquā re,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3:

    committendi proelii,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    edendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 22:

    curandi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 39:

    tyranno ad consultandum tempus datum est,

    Liv. 34, 33, 5:

    datum cum iis conloquendi tempus,

    id. 26, 22, 11; 45, 24, 11.—In plur.:

    id certis temporibus futurum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    si Athenienses quibusdam temporibus nihil nisi, etc., agebant,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    superioribus temporibus ad te nullas litteras misi,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    illis temporibus,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    temporibus illis,

    id. Arch. 3, 6. —
    b.
    In partic., the time, i. e. the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity, = kairos:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 3:

    tempus maximum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 9:

    spero ego, mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratiam referam parem,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 39; cf.:

    tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    dicas: tempus maxumum esse ut eat domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 8:

    nunc hora, viri, nunc tempus: adeste,

    Sil. 11, 194:

    consul paulisper addubitavit, an consurgendi jam triariis tempus esset,

    Liv. 8, 10, 1:

    cum jam moriendi tempus urgueret,

    was close at hand, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    verno inserentis tempus urguet,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 113: tempus est, with inf.:

    sed jam tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere,

    Cic. Top. 1, 5:

    dicere aliquid de ordine argumentorum,

    id. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

    conari etiam majora,

    Liv. 6, 18, 12:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    id. 21, 54, 2:

    tibi abire,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215:

    jam tempus agi res,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    tempus est jam hinc abire me,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    suo tempore,

    at a fitting time, id. Lael. 3, 11; cf. id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44.—
    (β).
    tempŏra, um (less freq. in the sing. tempus), after the Gr. ta kairia (prop. the right place, the fatal spot), the temples of the head; plur.:

    duae suturae super aures tempora a superiore capitis parte discernunt,

    Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Lucr. 1, 930; 4, 5; 6, 1194; Tib. 2, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 416; Hor. C. 1, 7, 23; 3, 25, 20; 4, 1, 32; 4, 8, 33 et saep.— Sing.:

    contorquet brachium et Graccho percutit tempus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; Verg. A. 9, 418; Sil. 12, 414; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Vitr. 9, 6; Flor. 4, 12, 44 Duk. N. cr.; Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; 5, 26.— Poet., transf., the face, visage in gen., Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 3; 2, 18, 32 (3, 11, 10).— The head:

    jacuit pulsus tria tempora ramo Cacus,

    upon his three heads, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.— Sing.:

    tremulum movens Cana tempus anilitas Omnia omnibus annuit,

    Cat. 61, 162. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The time in its moral aspects; the state of the times, position, state, condition; in plur., the times, circumstances (esp. freq. of dangerous or distressful cir cumstances):

    si ad tuum tempus perduci tur, facilis gubernatio est,

    time of administration, consulship, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi... et meus labor in privatorum periculis versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    quid a me cujusque tempus poscat,

    id. Planc. 32, 79:

    tempori meo defuerunt,

    my necessity, id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    qui tot annos ita vivo, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut, etc.,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

    nisi forte temporis causā nobis adsentiebare,

    id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

    neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt,

    id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    suscipere onus laboris atque officii ex necessariorum tempore,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    tempore summo rei publicae,

    id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    pecuniam conferre in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare,

    Sall. C. 30, 5:

    o saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte,

    to the last extremity, Hor. C. 2, 7, 1:

    eae (res) contra nos faciunt in hoc tempore,

    at the present time, under the present circumstances, Cic. Quint. 1, 1; cf.:

    nec miserae prodesse in tali tempore quibat,

    Lucr. 1, 93:

    indignatus, dici ea in tali tempore audirique,

    Liv. 30, 37, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 475.—In plur.:

    incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    omnes illae orationes causarum ac temporum sunt,

    id. Clu. 50, 139:

    tempora rei publicae, qualia futura sint, quis scit? mihi quidem turbulenta videntur fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    scripsi versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. §

    11: dubia formidolosaque tempora,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    cedere temporibus,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    Madates erat regionis praefectus, haud sane temporum homo,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4.—
    b.
    Time in poetry and rhetoric, i. e. measure, quantity:

    idem facit in trochaeo, qui temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; cf.:

    tempora certa modique,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 58:

    rhythmi spatio temporum constant,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46 sq. —
    c.
    In gram., a tense of a verb, Varr. L. L. 9, § 32; 95 sq.; 10, § 47 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 47; 9, 1, 11; 9, 3, 11 et saep.—
    II.
    Adverb. phrases.
    A.
    tempŏrē, and more freq in adverb. form, tempŏrī or tempĕrī, at the right or fitting time, at the appointed time, in time, betimes, timely, seasonably:

    rogat, satisne tempori opera sient confecta,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1; 3, 4; cf.:

    qui vult sua tempori conficere officia,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 16: reddere aliquid tempori, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    sequimini, ut, quod imperatum est, veniam advorsum temperi,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 90; cf.:

    temperi huic anteveni,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 66:

    temperi ego faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 153:

    ut cenam coqueret temperi,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 6; id. Cas. 2, 6, 60.—In a punning allusion to the meaning temple (v. supra): Eu. Coquite, facite, festinate nunc jam, quantum lubet. Co. Temperi:

    postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6:

    ego renovabo commendationem, sed tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

    temporis ars medicina fere est: data tempore prosunt, Et data non apto tempore vina nocent,

    Ov. R. Am. 131 sq.:

    tempore abest,

    id. H. 4, 109.— Comp.:

    memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare: temperius fiat: cetera eodem modo,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

    more betimes, earlier, Ov. M. 4, 198:

    ut propter cibi spem temporius ad officinam redeant,

    Col. 8, 4, 3; 2, 8, 12; App.M. 9, p. 229, 22.—
    B.
    Form tempore, in time, with the progress of time, gradually:

    tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri,... Tempore paret equus habenis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1 sqq. —
    C.
    Ad tempus.
    1.
    At the right or appointed time, in time:

    ad tempus redire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2:

    ad tempus venire,

    Liv. 38, 25:

    ad tempus ei mendacium vestrum accommodavistis,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 17.—
    2.
    For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment:

    quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    coli ad tempus,

    id. Lael. 15, 53: [p. 1852] dux ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 42, 5; Tac. A. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad breve (sc. tempus),

    Suet. Tib. 68. —
    D.
    Ante tempus, before the right time, too soon:

    ante tempus mori miserum esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Lael. 3, 11:

    ante tempus domo digressus,

    Sall. J. 79, 7; Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

    sero post tempus venis,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90.—
    E.
    Ex tempore, instantaneously, forthwith, on the spur of the moment, extempore:

    versus fundere ex tempore,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

    magnum numerum optimorum versuum dicere ex tempore,

    id. Arch. 8, 18:

    scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17; Sen. Contr. 3, praef.—
    2.
    According to circumstances:

    expedire rem et consilium ex tempore capere posse,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33:

    haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2.—
    F.
    In tempore, at the right, proper, or appropriate time, in time:

    in tempore ad eam veni,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123:

    in ipso tempore eccum ipsum,

    in the nick of time, id. And. 3, 2, 52:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5, 2:

    in tempore memorare,

    Tac. A. 1, 58 fin. —
    G.
    In tempus, for a time, temporarily:

    scena in tempus structa,

    Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.:

    in omne tempus,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.—
    H.
    Per tempus, at the right time, in time:

    non potuisti magis per tempus mihi advenire quam advenis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

    per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 85.—
    K.
    Pro tempore, according to circumstances:

    consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

    Sall. J. 49, 6; Verg. E. 7, 35; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 23.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > tempora

  • 13 tempore

    tempus, ŏris ( abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v. infra), n. [etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. temnô; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time].
    I.
    Lit., a portion or period of time, a time:

    tempus diei,

    daytime, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; 1, 1, 116:

    extremum diei,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

    matutina tempora,

    morning hours, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

    anni tempora,

    the seasons, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396; cf.:

    quam (Ennam) circa sunt laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, in hiberna exercitum deduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

    erat hibernum tempus anni,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Auct. B. Alex. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the time intervening between two events, etc., an interval, period, time:

    longo post tempore,

    Verg. E. 1, 68:

    magno post tempore,

    Just. 13, 4, 25; 16, 1, 1:

    brevi post tempore,

    id. 1, 7, 19; 4, 4, 4; 12, 2, 6:

    parvo post tempore,

    Val. Max. 8, 6, 1. — Plur.:

    longis temporibus ante,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., time, in general.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tempus est, id quo nunc utimur (nam ipsum quidem generaliter definire difficile est), pars quaedam aeternitatis cum alicujus annui, menstrui, diurni nocturnive spatii certā significatione,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    tempus esse dicunt intervallum mundi motus: id divisum in partes aliquot, maxime ab solis et lunae cursu: itaque ab eorum tenore temperato tempus dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.: hos siderum errores id ipsum esse, quod rite dicitur tempus, Cic. Univ. 9 fin.:

    neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14; cf.:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    vix huic tantulae epistulae tempus habui,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

    egeo tempore,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    unius horae tempus,

    Liv. 44, 9, 4:

    aliquot dierum tempus amisit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 45, 5:

    tempus duorum mensium petere ad delectus habendos,

    Liv. 29, 5, 7:

    triginta dierum tempus petens, ut, etc.,

    id. 38, 37, 10:

    tempus, pacis an belli, festinationis an otii,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

    ut tempora postulabant belli,

    Liv. 24, 8, 7:

    nec belli tantum temporibus, sed etiam in pace,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    temporibus Punici belli,

    Just. 30, 3, 1; 43, 4, 11:

    mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    erit, erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum, etc.,

    id. Mil. 26, 69:

    ex quo tempore tu me diligere coepisti,

    id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    eo tempore, quo promulgatum de multā ejus traditur,

    Liv. 6, 38, 12; 23, 10, 13:

    tempore, quo in homine non ut nunc omnia consentientia,

    id. 2, 32, 9:

    privatum eo tempore Quinctium fuisse, cum sacramento adacti sint,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    per idem tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 286:

    quos ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram,

    at that time, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    scripta in aliquod tempus reponantur,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    non tantulum Umquam intermittit tempus, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 32:

    uno et eodem temporis puncto nati... nascendi tempus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95; cf.:

    alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 6:

    dare tempus exponendi de aliquā re,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3:

    committendi proelii,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    edendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 22:

    curandi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 39:

    tyranno ad consultandum tempus datum est,

    Liv. 34, 33, 5:

    datum cum iis conloquendi tempus,

    id. 26, 22, 11; 45, 24, 11.—In plur.:

    id certis temporibus futurum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    si Athenienses quibusdam temporibus nihil nisi, etc., agebant,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    superioribus temporibus ad te nullas litteras misi,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    illis temporibus,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    temporibus illis,

    id. Arch. 3, 6. —
    b.
    In partic., the time, i. e. the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity, = kairos:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 3:

    tempus maximum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 9:

    spero ego, mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratiam referam parem,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 39; cf.:

    tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    dicas: tempus maxumum esse ut eat domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 8:

    nunc hora, viri, nunc tempus: adeste,

    Sil. 11, 194:

    consul paulisper addubitavit, an consurgendi jam triariis tempus esset,

    Liv. 8, 10, 1:

    cum jam moriendi tempus urgueret,

    was close at hand, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    verno inserentis tempus urguet,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 113: tempus est, with inf.:

    sed jam tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere,

    Cic. Top. 1, 5:

    dicere aliquid de ordine argumentorum,

    id. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

    conari etiam majora,

    Liv. 6, 18, 12:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    id. 21, 54, 2:

    tibi abire,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215:

    jam tempus agi res,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    tempus est jam hinc abire me,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    suo tempore,

    at a fitting time, id. Lael. 3, 11; cf. id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44.—
    (β).
    tempŏra, um (less freq. in the sing. tempus), after the Gr. ta kairia (prop. the right place, the fatal spot), the temples of the head; plur.:

    duae suturae super aures tempora a superiore capitis parte discernunt,

    Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Lucr. 1, 930; 4, 5; 6, 1194; Tib. 2, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 416; Hor. C. 1, 7, 23; 3, 25, 20; 4, 1, 32; 4, 8, 33 et saep.— Sing.:

    contorquet brachium et Graccho percutit tempus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; Verg. A. 9, 418; Sil. 12, 414; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Vitr. 9, 6; Flor. 4, 12, 44 Duk. N. cr.; Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; 5, 26.— Poet., transf., the face, visage in gen., Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 3; 2, 18, 32 (3, 11, 10).— The head:

    jacuit pulsus tria tempora ramo Cacus,

    upon his three heads, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.— Sing.:

    tremulum movens Cana tempus anilitas Omnia omnibus annuit,

    Cat. 61, 162. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The time in its moral aspects; the state of the times, position, state, condition; in plur., the times, circumstances (esp. freq. of dangerous or distressful cir cumstances):

    si ad tuum tempus perduci tur, facilis gubernatio est,

    time of administration, consulship, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi... et meus labor in privatorum periculis versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    quid a me cujusque tempus poscat,

    id. Planc. 32, 79:

    tempori meo defuerunt,

    my necessity, id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    qui tot annos ita vivo, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut, etc.,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

    nisi forte temporis causā nobis adsentiebare,

    id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

    neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt,

    id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    suscipere onus laboris atque officii ex necessariorum tempore,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    tempore summo rei publicae,

    id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    pecuniam conferre in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare,

    Sall. C. 30, 5:

    o saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte,

    to the last extremity, Hor. C. 2, 7, 1:

    eae (res) contra nos faciunt in hoc tempore,

    at the present time, under the present circumstances, Cic. Quint. 1, 1; cf.:

    nec miserae prodesse in tali tempore quibat,

    Lucr. 1, 93:

    indignatus, dici ea in tali tempore audirique,

    Liv. 30, 37, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 475.—In plur.:

    incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    omnes illae orationes causarum ac temporum sunt,

    id. Clu. 50, 139:

    tempora rei publicae, qualia futura sint, quis scit? mihi quidem turbulenta videntur fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    scripsi versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. §

    11: dubia formidolosaque tempora,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    cedere temporibus,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    Madates erat regionis praefectus, haud sane temporum homo,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4.—
    b.
    Time in poetry and rhetoric, i. e. measure, quantity:

    idem facit in trochaeo, qui temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; cf.:

    tempora certa modique,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 58:

    rhythmi spatio temporum constant,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46 sq. —
    c.
    In gram., a tense of a verb, Varr. L. L. 9, § 32; 95 sq.; 10, § 47 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 47; 9, 1, 11; 9, 3, 11 et saep.—
    II.
    Adverb. phrases.
    A.
    tempŏrē, and more freq in adverb. form, tempŏrī or tempĕrī, at the right or fitting time, at the appointed time, in time, betimes, timely, seasonably:

    rogat, satisne tempori opera sient confecta,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1; 3, 4; cf.:

    qui vult sua tempori conficere officia,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 16: reddere aliquid tempori, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    sequimini, ut, quod imperatum est, veniam advorsum temperi,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 90; cf.:

    temperi huic anteveni,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 66:

    temperi ego faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 153:

    ut cenam coqueret temperi,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 6; id. Cas. 2, 6, 60.—In a punning allusion to the meaning temple (v. supra): Eu. Coquite, facite, festinate nunc jam, quantum lubet. Co. Temperi:

    postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6:

    ego renovabo commendationem, sed tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

    temporis ars medicina fere est: data tempore prosunt, Et data non apto tempore vina nocent,

    Ov. R. Am. 131 sq.:

    tempore abest,

    id. H. 4, 109.— Comp.:

    memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare: temperius fiat: cetera eodem modo,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

    more betimes, earlier, Ov. M. 4, 198:

    ut propter cibi spem temporius ad officinam redeant,

    Col. 8, 4, 3; 2, 8, 12; App.M. 9, p. 229, 22.—
    B.
    Form tempore, in time, with the progress of time, gradually:

    tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri,... Tempore paret equus habenis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1 sqq. —
    C.
    Ad tempus.
    1.
    At the right or appointed time, in time:

    ad tempus redire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2:

    ad tempus venire,

    Liv. 38, 25:

    ad tempus ei mendacium vestrum accommodavistis,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 17.—
    2.
    For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment:

    quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    coli ad tempus,

    id. Lael. 15, 53: [p. 1852] dux ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 42, 5; Tac. A. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad breve (sc. tempus),

    Suet. Tib. 68. —
    D.
    Ante tempus, before the right time, too soon:

    ante tempus mori miserum esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Lael. 3, 11:

    ante tempus domo digressus,

    Sall. J. 79, 7; Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

    sero post tempus venis,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90.—
    E.
    Ex tempore, instantaneously, forthwith, on the spur of the moment, extempore:

    versus fundere ex tempore,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

    magnum numerum optimorum versuum dicere ex tempore,

    id. Arch. 8, 18:

    scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17; Sen. Contr. 3, praef.—
    2.
    According to circumstances:

    expedire rem et consilium ex tempore capere posse,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33:

    haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2.—
    F.
    In tempore, at the right, proper, or appropriate time, in time:

    in tempore ad eam veni,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123:

    in ipso tempore eccum ipsum,

    in the nick of time, id. And. 3, 2, 52:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5, 2:

    in tempore memorare,

    Tac. A. 1, 58 fin. —
    G.
    In tempus, for a time, temporarily:

    scena in tempus structa,

    Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.:

    in omne tempus,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.—
    H.
    Per tempus, at the right time, in time:

    non potuisti magis per tempus mihi advenire quam advenis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

    per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 85.—
    K.
    Pro tempore, according to circumstances:

    consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

    Sall. J. 49, 6; Verg. E. 7, 35; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 23.

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  • 14 tempus

    tempus, ŏris ( abl. temp. tempori or temperi; v. infra), n. [etym. dub.; perh. root tem-; Gr. temnô; prop. a section; hence, in partic., of time].
    I.
    Lit., a portion or period of time, a time:

    tempus diei,

    daytime, Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 38; 1, 1, 116:

    extremum diei,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 7, 26; cf.:

    matutina tempora,

    morning hours, id. Fam. 7, 1, 1:

    anni tempora,

    the seasons, Lucr. 2, 33; 5, 1396; cf.:

    quam (Ennam) circa sunt laetissimi flores omni tempore anni,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48, § 107:

    maturius paulo, quam tempus anni postulabat, in hiberna exercitum deduxit,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 54:

    erat hibernum tempus anni,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 12, 18; Auct. B. Alex. 43, 1.—
    2.
    Esp. of the time intervening between two events, etc., an interval, period, time:

    longo post tempore,

    Verg. E. 1, 68:

    magno post tempore,

    Just. 13, 4, 25; 16, 1, 1:

    brevi post tempore,

    id. 1, 7, 19; 4, 4, 4; 12, 2, 6:

    parvo post tempore,

    Val. Max. 8, 6, 1. — Plur.:

    longis temporibus ante,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 34, 5.—
    B.
    Transf., time, in general.
    1.
    Lit.
    a.
    In gen.:

    tempus est, id quo nunc utimur (nam ipsum quidem generaliter definire difficile est), pars quaedam aeternitatis cum alicujus annui, menstrui, diurni nocturnive spatii certā significatione,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    tempus esse dicunt intervallum mundi motus: id divisum in partes aliquot, maxime ab solis et lunae cursu: itaque ab eorum tenore temperato tempus dictum,

    Varr. L. L. 6, § 2 Müll.: hos siderum errores id ipsum esse, quod rite dicitur tempus, Cic. Univ. 9 fin.:

    neque ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14; cf.:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    vix huic tantulae epistulae tempus habui,

    id. Att. 1, 14, 1:

    egeo tempore,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 4:

    unius horae tempus,

    Liv. 44, 9, 4:

    aliquot dierum tempus amisit,

    Lact. Mort. Pers. 45, 5:

    tempus duorum mensium petere ad delectus habendos,

    Liv. 29, 5, 7:

    triginta dierum tempus petens, ut, etc.,

    id. 38, 37, 10:

    tempus, pacis an belli, festinationis an otii,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 55, 211:

    ut tempora postulabant belli,

    Liv. 24, 8, 7:

    nec belli tantum temporibus, sed etiam in pace,

    id. 35, 28, 1:

    temporibus Punici belli,

    Just. 30, 3, 1; 43, 4, 11:

    mihi vero omne tempus est ad meos libros vacuum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

    erit, erit illud profecto tempus et illucescet ille aliquando dies, cum, etc.,

    id. Mil. 26, 69:

    ex quo tempore tu me diligere coepisti,

    id. Fam. 3, 4, 2:

    eo tempore, quo promulgatum de multā ejus traditur,

    Liv. 6, 38, 12; 23, 10, 13:

    tempore, quo in homine non ut nunc omnia consentientia,

    id. 2, 32, 9:

    privatum eo tempore Quinctium fuisse, cum sacramento adacti sint,

    id. 3, 20, 4:

    per idem tempus,

    Cic. Brut. 83, 286:

    quos ad me id temporis venturos esse praedixeram,

    at that time, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10:

    scripta in aliquod tempus reponantur,

    Quint. 10, 4, 2:

    non tantulum Umquam intermittit tempus, quin, etc.,

    Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 32:

    uno et eodem temporis puncto nati... nascendi tempus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 45, 95; cf.:

    alienum tempus est mihi tecum expostulandi,

    id. Fam. 3, 10, 6:

    dare tempus exponendi de aliquā re,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 3:

    committendi proelii,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 19:

    edendi,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 22:

    curandi,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 39:

    tyranno ad consultandum tempus datum est,

    Liv. 34, 33, 5:

    datum cum iis conloquendi tempus,

    id. 26, 22, 11; 45, 24, 11.—In plur.:

    id certis temporibus futurum,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

    si Athenienses quibusdam temporibus nihil nisi, etc., agebant,

    id. ib. 1, 27, 43:

    superioribus temporibus ad te nullas litteras misi,

    id. Fam. 5, 17, 1:

    illis temporibus,

    id. Lael. 1, 5:

    temporibus illis,

    id. Arch. 3, 6. —
    b.
    In partic., the time, i. e. the fitting or appointed time, the right season, proper period, opportunity, = kairos:

    nunc occasio est et tempus,

    Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 3:

    tempus maximum est, ut, etc.,

    id. Mil. 4, 3, 9:

    spero ego, mihi quoque Tempus tale eventurum, ut tibi gratiam referam parem,

    id. Merc. 5, 4, 39; cf.:

    tempus habes tale, quale nemo habuit umquam,

    Cic. Phil. 7, 9, 27:

    dicas: tempus maxumum esse ut eat domum,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 3, 8:

    nunc hora, viri, nunc tempus: adeste,

    Sil. 11, 194:

    consul paulisper addubitavit, an consurgendi jam triariis tempus esset,

    Liv. 8, 10, 1:

    cum jam moriendi tempus urgueret,

    was close at hand, Cic. Tusc. 1, 43, 103; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 20:

    verno inserentis tempus urguet,

    Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 113: tempus est, with inf.:

    sed jam tempus est, ad id quod instituimus accedere,

    Cic. Top. 1, 5:

    dicere aliquid de ordine argumentorum,

    id. de Or. 2, 42, 181:

    conari etiam majora,

    Liv. 6, 18, 12:

    nunc corpora curare tempus est,

    id. 21, 54, 2:

    tibi abire,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 215:

    jam tempus agi res,

    Verg. A. 5, 638:

    tempus est jam hinc abire me,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 99:

    suo tempore,

    at a fitting time, id. Lael. 3, 11; cf. id. Phil. 14, 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 139; Plin. 18, 6, 8, § 44.—
    (β).
    tempŏra, um (less freq. in the sing. tempus), after the Gr. ta kairia (prop. the right place, the fatal spot), the temples of the head; plur.:

    duae suturae super aures tempora a superiore capitis parte discernunt,

    Cels. 8, 1; Plin. 20, 6, 23, § 54; Lucr. 1, 930; 4, 5; 6, 1194; Tib. 2, 2, 7; Verg. A. 5, 416; Hor. C. 1, 7, 23; 3, 25, 20; 4, 1, 32; 4, 8, 33 et saep.— Sing.:

    contorquet brachium et Graccho percutit tempus,

    Auct. Her. 4, 55, 68; Verg. A. 9, 418; Sil. 12, 414; Stat. Th. 10, 110; Vitr. 9, 6; Flor. 4, 12, 44 Duk. N. cr.; Vulg. Judic. 4, 21; 5, 26.— Poet., transf., the face, visage in gen., Prop. 2, 24 (3, 18), 3; 2, 18, 32 (3, 11, 10).— The head:

    jacuit pulsus tria tempora ramo Cacus,

    upon his three heads, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 15.— Sing.:

    tremulum movens Cana tempus anilitas Omnia omnibus annuit,

    Cat. 61, 162. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    The time in its moral aspects; the state of the times, position, state, condition; in plur., the times, circumstances (esp. freq. of dangerous or distressful cir cumstances):

    si ad tuum tempus perduci tur, facilis gubernatio est,

    time of administration, consulship, Cic. Fam. 10, 1, 2:

    omne meum tempus amicorum temporibus transmittendum putavi... et meus labor in privatorum periculis versatus,

    id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 1:

    quid a me cujusque tempus poscat,

    id. Planc. 32, 79:

    tempori meo defuerunt,

    my necessity, id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    qui tot annos ita vivo, ut a nullius umquam me tempore aut commodo aut otium meum abstraxerit aut, etc.,

    id. Arch. 6, 12:

    tempori cedere, id est necessitati parere, semper sapientis est habitum,

    id. Fam. 4, 9, 2:

    nisi forte temporis causā nobis adsentiebare,

    id. Tusc. 4, 4, 8:

    neque poëtae tempori meo defuerunt,

    id. Sest. 58, 123; cf.:

    suscipere onus laboris atque officii ex necessariorum tempore,

    id. Div. in Caecil. 2, 5:

    in summo et periculosissimo rei publicae tempore,

    id. Fl. 3, 6:

    tempore summo rei publicae,

    id. Phil. 5, 17, 46; id. Verr. 1, 1, 1; cf.:

    pecuniam conferre in rei publicae magnum aliquod tempus,

    id. Off. 3, 24, 93:

    pro tempore atque periculo exercitum conparare,

    Sall. C. 30, 5:

    o saepe mecum tempus in ultimum Deducte,

    to the last extremity, Hor. C. 2, 7, 1:

    eae (res) contra nos faciunt in hoc tempore,

    at the present time, under the present circumstances, Cic. Quint. 1, 1; cf.:

    nec miserae prodesse in tali tempore quibat,

    Lucr. 1, 93:

    indignatus, dici ea in tali tempore audirique,

    Liv. 30, 37, 8; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 475.—In plur.:

    incidunt saepe tempora, cum ea, etc.,

    Cic. Off. 1, 10, 31:

    omnes illae orationes causarum ac temporum sunt,

    id. Clu. 50, 139:

    tempora rei publicae, qualia futura sint, quis scit? mihi quidem turbulenta videntur fore,

    id. Fam. 2, 18, 3:

    scripsi versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 23; cf. id. ib. §

    11: dubia formidolosaque tempora,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1:

    cedere temporibus,

    id. Mil. 1, 2:

    animus secundis Temporibus dubiisque rectus,

    Hor. C. 4, 9, 36:

    Madates erat regionis praefectus, haud sane temporum homo,

    Curt. 5, 3, 4.—
    b.
    Time in poetry and rhetoric, i. e. measure, quantity:

    idem facit in trochaeo, qui temporibus et intervallis est par iambo,

    Cic. Or. 57, 194; cf.:

    tempora certa modique,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 58:

    rhythmi spatio temporum constant,

    Quint. 9, 4, 46 sq. —
    c.
    In gram., a tense of a verb, Varr. L. L. 9, § 32; 95 sq.; 10, § 47 Müll.; Quint. 1, 5, 47; 9, 1, 11; 9, 3, 11 et saep.—
    II.
    Adverb. phrases.
    A.
    tempŏrē, and more freq in adverb. form, tempŏrī or tempĕrī, at the right or fitting time, at the appointed time, in time, betimes, timely, seasonably:

    rogat, satisne tempori opera sient confecta,

    Cato, R. R. 2, 1; 3, 4; cf.:

    qui vult sua tempori conficere officia,

    Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 16: reddere aliquid tempori, Titin. ap. Non. 369, 22:

    sequimini, ut, quod imperatum est, veniam advorsum temperi,

    Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 90; cf.:

    temperi huic anteveni,

    id. Trin. 4, 2, 66:

    temperi ego faxo scies,

    id. Ps. 1, 3, 153:

    ut cenam coqueret temperi,

    id. Stich. 5, 2, 6; id. Cas. 2, 6, 60.—In a punning allusion to the meaning temple (v. supra): Eu. Coquite, facite, festinate nunc jam, quantum lubet. Co. Temperi:

    postquam implevisti fusti fissorum caput,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 6:

    ego renovabo commendationem, sed tempore,

    Cic. Fam. 7, 18, 1:

    temporis ars medicina fere est: data tempore prosunt, Et data non apto tempore vina nocent,

    Ov. R. Am. 131 sq.:

    tempore abest,

    id. H. 4, 109.— Comp.:

    memini te mihi Phameae cenam narrare: temperius fiat: cetera eodem modo,

    Cic. Fam. 9, 16, 8:

    modo surgis Eoo Temperius caelo, modo serius incidis undis,

    more betimes, earlier, Ov. M. 4, 198:

    ut propter cibi spem temporius ad officinam redeant,

    Col. 8, 4, 3; 2, 8, 12; App.M. 9, p. 229, 22.—
    B.
    Form tempore, in time, with the progress of time, gradually:

    tempore ruricolae patiens fit taurus aratri,... Tempore paret equus habenis,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 6, 1 sqq. —
    C.
    Ad tempus.
    1.
    At the right or appointed time, in time:

    ad tempus redire,

    Cic. Att. 13, 45, 2:

    ad tempus venire,

    Liv. 38, 25:

    ad tempus ei mendacium vestrum accommodavistis,

    Cic. Cael. 7, 17.—
    2.
    For some time, for the time being, for a while, for the moment:

    quae (perturbatio animi) plerumque brevis est et ad tempus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 8, 27:

    coli ad tempus,

    id. Lael. 15, 53: [p. 1852] dux ad tempus lectus, Liv. 28, 42, 5; Tac. A. 1, 1; cf.:

    ad breve (sc. tempus),

    Suet. Tib. 68. —
    D.
    Ante tempus, before the right time, too soon:

    ante tempus mori miserum esse,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 93; id. Lael. 3, 11:

    ante tempus domo digressus,

    Sall. J. 79, 7; Suet. Aug. 26; cf.:

    sero post tempus venis,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 2, 90.—
    E.
    Ex tempore, instantaneously, forthwith, on the spur of the moment, extempore:

    versus fundere ex tempore,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 50, 194:

    magnum numerum optimorum versuum dicere ex tempore,

    id. Arch. 8, 18:

    scribere,

    Quint. 10, 3, 17; Sen. Contr. 3, praef.—
    2.
    According to circumstances:

    expedire rem et consilium ex tempore capere posse,

    Cic. Off. 2, 9, 33:

    haec melius ex re et ex tempore constitues,

    id. Fam. 12, 19, 2.—
    F.
    In tempore, at the right, proper, or appropriate time, in time:

    in tempore ad eam veni,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 123:

    in ipso tempore eccum ipsum,

    in the nick of time, id. And. 3, 2, 52:

    ni pedites equitesque in tempore subvenissent,

    Liv. 33, 5, 2:

    in tempore memorare,

    Tac. A. 1, 58 fin. —
    G.
    In tempus, for a time, temporarily:

    scena in tempus structa,

    Tac. A. 14, 20; cf.:

    in omne tempus,

    forever, Cic. Fam. 5, 15, 1.—
    H.
    Per tempus, at the right time, in time:

    non potuisti magis per tempus mihi advenire quam advenis,

    Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 30; cf.:

    per tempus subvenistis mihi,

    id. Truc. 1, 2, 85.—
    K.
    Pro tempore, according to circumstances:

    consilium pro tempore et pro re capere,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 8:

    pauca pro tempore milites hortatus,

    Sall. J. 49, 6; Verg. E. 7, 35; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 23.

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  • 15 Sanates

    Sanates dicti sunt, qui supra infraque Romam habitaverunt: quod nomen ideo his est inditum, quia cum defecissent a Romanis, brevi post in amicitiam quasi [p. 1625] sanatā mente redierunt, Fest. p. 326 Müll. —The word occurred in the laws of the Twelve Tables, acc. to Gell. 16, 10, 8, and Fest. l. l.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Sanates

  • 16 postea

    post-eā adv. [ post + id]
    1) (тж. p. loci Sl) после того, потом, позже, впоследствии
    2) сверх того, далее
    quid p.? Ter, C — что (же) дальше? или что из этого?

    Латинско-русский словарь > postea

  • 17 postea

    post-eā, Adv. ( aus post u. dem Abl. ea), hernach, später, in der Folge, I) eig., v. der Zeit, Cic. u.a.: aut statim aut postea, Suet.: postea loci, Sall.: m. folg. quam = nachdem, s. posteā-quam, Cic. – p. aliquanto, Cic.: p. multo, Plin.: brevi p., Cic.: tum p., Gell.: deinde p. u. p. deinde, s. de-indeno. b, β: p. deinceps, Liv. 45, 14, 2. – quid postea? quid tum postea? was nachher? was dann? was weiter? Komik., Cic. u.a. – p. cum, Cic.: p. ubi, Cato. – II) übtr.: A) am Ende eines Fragesatzes = am Ende, infolgedessen, Ter. adelph. 660 ( aber Plaut. Men. 497 Schoell u. Leo pol eam quidem). – B) zur Angabe der Reihenfolge, des Ranges, Plin. 6, 192 u. 17, 121 u.a.

    lateinisch-deutsches > postea

  • 18 postea

    post-eā, Adv. ( aus post u. dem Abl. ea), hernach, später, in der Folge, I) eig., v. der Zeit, Cic. u.a.: aut statim aut postea, Suet.: postea loci, Sall.: m. folg. quam = nachdem, s. posteaquam, Cic. – p. aliquanto, Cic.: p. multo, Plin.: brevi p., Cic.: tum p., Gell.: deinde p. u. p. deinde, s. deinde no. b, β: p. deinceps, Liv. 45, 14, 2. – quid postea? quid tum postea? was nachher? was dann? was weiter? Komik., Cic. u.a. – p. cum, Cic.: p. ubi, Cato. – II) übtr.: A) am Ende eines Fragesatzes = am Ende, infolgedessen, Ter. adelph. 660 ( aber Plaut. Men. 497 Schoell u. Leo pol eam quidem). – B) zur Angabe der Reihenfolge, des Ranges, Plin. 6, 192 u. 17, 121 u.a.

    Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > postea

  • 19 Вскоре

    - brevi tempore; mox;

    • вскоре после этого - paulo post;

    Большой русско-латинский словарь Поляшева > Вскоре

  • 20 bald

    bald, I) in od. nach kurzer Zeit: a) übh.: brevi tempore od. bl. brevi (in kurzer Zeit, in kurzem, bezeichnet den kurzen Zeitraum, innerhalb dessen etwas sich ereignet, an und für sich). – mox (in möglichst kurzer Zeit darauf. gleich nachher, setzt immer eine Vergleichung zwischen Ereignissen oder Zeitpunkten voraus, von denender eine bald auf den andern folgt). – iam, verstärkt iam iamque (im Augenblick, sogleich, vergegenwärtigt den Zeitpunkt einer Handlung, die man als bevorstehend ankündigt). – propediem (ehestens, nächster Tage, gibt einen bestimmten Zeitpunkt an. bis zu dem etwas geschehen wird). – sehr bald. perbrevi: bald nach her, bald darauf. paulo post od. post paulo; verb. deinde paulo post; brevi postea; non ita multo post; brevi spatio interiecto: möglichst bald, sobald wie möglich, quam primum fieri potest (sobald es geschehen kann): primo quoque tempore (in der ersten besten Zeit). – b) frühzeitig, beizeiten: mature. – mane (früh am Morgen). – zu bald, ante tempus; mature od. maturius: etwas zu bald tun, maturare alqd facere: sobald wie möglich, möglichst bald, quam maturrime. – c) geschwind, eilends: celeriter; cito. Vgl. »alsbald, sogleich«. – ich werde bald wieder hier sein, iam hic adero. – d) leicht, der Zeit u. Mühe nach: facile; facili negotio. – es ist bald gesagt, proclive dictu est: einer Sache bald ein Ende machen, rem nullo negotio conficere. – II) = beinahe, w. s. – III) bald... bald, um eine Veränderlichkeit auszudrücken: modo... modo (od. nunc od. interdum od. tum). – nunc... nunc (od. modo). – alias... alias (od. interdum od. plerumque od. aliquando). – bald da, bald dort, alio atque alio loco: bald dahin, bald dorthin (bald hierhin, bald dahin), tum huc, tum illuc: bald dieser, bald jener, unus et item alter (einer u. ebenso ein anderer); singuli (jeder einzeln): sie denken bald so, bald anders, illi alias aliud sentiunt: bald so, bald anders reden, sibi non constare. – sobald als (wie), s. sobald.

    deutsch-lateinisches > bald

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