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1 breviter

breviter adv. with comp. and sup. [1 brevis], shortly; hence, of style, briefly, in brief, in few words, concisely, summarily: multa breviter dicta: rem breviter cognoscite: respondere: disserere, S.: adfari, V.: brevius dicere (opp. pluribus verbis): omnia Pacuvio breviter dabit ( in a few words), Iu.: agam quam brevissume potero.—Of pronunciation: ‘in’ breviter dicitur, is pronounced short.
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brevitius, brevitissime ADV

shortly, briefly, in a nut shell; quickly; for/within a short distance/time

Latin-English dictionary > breviter
2 breviter

breviter, Adv. m. Compar. u. Superl. (brevis), kurz, I) vom Raume, kurz, ipse suos breviter concretus in artus, Prop. 4, 8, 41: Compar., kürzer, curvo brevius compellere gyro, Tibull. 4, 1, 94: quo (arcu) brevius valent, Tac. ann. 6, 35: parvo brevius quam totus, Plin. 2, 168. – II) übtr., von der Kürze in der Silbenmessung u. im Ausdruck, a) v. der Silbenmessung, kurz, geschärft (Ggstz. producte), quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt, quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter, Cic. or. 159. – b) v. Ausdruck, kurz, kurz und bündig, in der Kürze, mit wenig Worten, alqd summatim breviterque describere, Cic.: simpliciter breviterque dicere, Cic.: rem br. narrare, Cic.: br. ac summatim percurrere, Varr.: br. tangere rem, Cic. – quod ego pluribus verbis, illi brevius (dixerunt), Cic. – agam quam brevissime potero, Cic.: de alqa re dicere brevissime (Ggstz. fuse lateque), Cic.

lateinisch-deutsches > breviter
3 breviter

breviter, Adv. m. Compar. u. Superl. (brevis), kurz, I) vom Raume, kurz, ipse suos breviter concretus in artus, Prop. 4, 8, 41: Compar., kürzer, curvo brevius compellere gyro, Tibull. 4, 1, 94: quo (arcu) brevius valent, Tac. ann. 6, 35: parvo brevius quam totus, Plin. 2, 168. – II) übtr., von der Kürze in der Silbenmessung u. im Ausdruck, a) v. der Silbenmessung, kurz, geschärft (Ggstz. producte), quibus in verbis eae primae litterae sunt, quae in sapiente atque felice, producte dicitur, in ceteris omnibus breviter, Cic. or. 159. – b) v. Ausdruck, kurz, kurz und bündig, in der Kürze, mit wenig Worten, alqd summatim breviterque describere, Cic.: simpliciter breviterque dicere, Cic.: rem br. narrare, Cic.: br. ac summatim percurrere, Varr.: br. tangere rem, Cic. – quod ego pluribus verbis, illi brevius (dixerunt), Cic. – agam quam brevissime potero, Cic.: de alqa re dicere brevissime (Ggstz. fuse lateque), Cic.

Ausführliches Lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch > breviter
4 breviter

breviter breviter коротко

Латинско-русский словарь > breviter
5 breviter

brĕvĭter, adv., v. brevis fin.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breviter
6 breviter

(adv.) в немногих словах, одним словом, brev. spondere (§ 5 J. 3, 19), instituere heredes (1. 37 § 1 D. 28. 5);
breviter rem exponere (Gai. IV. 15).

Латинско-русский словарь к источникам римского права > breviter
7 breviter

adv. [ brevis ]

1) коротко, вкратце ( sumrnatim breviterque describere C)

2) грам. кратко

b. dici C — произноситься кратко

3) за короткое время, быстро (b. confectus est Sen)

4) на небольшом протяжении ( patēre PM)

suos b. concretus in artūs Prp — сжавшись в маленький комочек

Латинско-русский словарь > breviter
8 breviter

adv
brièvement

Dictionarium Latino-Gallicum botanicae > breviter
9 breviter

briefly.

Latin-English dictionary of medieval > breviter
10 breviter

adv.

коротко

Dictionary Latin-Russian new > breviter
11 per-breviter

per-breviter adv., very briefly, concisely: quae ego nunc perbreviter attingo.

Latin-English dictionary > per-breviter
12 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
13 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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi
14 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
15 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.

Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevis
16 attingo

at-tingo (ad-tingo), tigī, tāctum, ere (ad u. tango), anrühren, berühren, I) eig.: A) im allg.: 1) übh.: mento summam aquam attingens, Cic. poët.: sustringebat caput loro altius, quam ut prioribus pedibus (iumentum) plane terram posset attingere, Nep.: att. alqm manu, Gell. (u. so cum hominum manu attingitur rupes, Mela): att. digito alqd, Porc. Licin. fr.: digito se caelum attigisse putare, fast im H. zu sein glauben (= heidenfroh, heilfroh sein), Cic.: alqd extremis, ut dicitur, digitis (im Bilde = mit etw. sich nur flüchtig befassen), Cic.: quae gignuntur attingere nefas et pro sacrilegio habent, Mela: u. im Bilde, invitus ea tamquam vulnera attingo, sed nisi tacta tractata que sanari possunt, Liv. 28, 27, 7: poet., att. solium Iovis, an Jupiters Thron reichen, den Weg zur Unsterblichkeit bahnen, Hor. ep. 1, 17, 34. – 2) insbes.: a) einen Ort berühren, d.i. α) v. Pers., ihn erreichen, ihn betreten, nach ihm hingelangen, Italiam, Cic.: Britanniam, Caes. u. Eutr.: arva, proram, Verg.: poet., arces igneas, zu göttlichen Ehren gelangen (v. Herkules), Hor.: lumina, zum Lebenslicht gelangen, Verg. – β) v. Örtl. u. Völkerschaften, an einen Ort angrenzen, anstoßen, stoßen, Cappadociae regio ea, quae Ciliciam attingit, Cic.: quā Hellespontum attingit Aeolis, Mela: Gallia altero (latere) Tuscum pelagus attingens, altero Oceanum, Mela: eorum fines Nervii attingebant, Caes.: hae gentes, quae Madenam attingunt, Eutr. – m. Dat., item collegia, quae attingunt eidem foro, Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 5438: mit ad u. Akk., quā ad fluvium attingit, Mela 1, 4, 1 (1. § 20). – absol., cuius modi loci attingant, Cornif. rhet. 2, 7. – b) (poet.) jmd. berühren, d.i. antreffen, m. dopp. Acc., si te his attigerit terris Aurora morantem, Verg. Aen. 4, 568. – u. feindlich = auf jmd. treffen, -stoßen, Sulla, quem primum hostes attigerant, Sall. Iug. 101, 4. – B) mit versch. Nebenbegriffen: a) etw. anrühren = berührend von etw. nehmen, es sich aneignen, tetigin tui quidquam? C. si attigisses, ferres infortunium, Ter.: de praeda mea... teruncium nec attigit, nec tacturus est quisquam, Cic. – dah. b) ( wie ἅπτεσθαι) etw. anrühren = von etw. kosten, fressen, bestiae, quae tantum scelus (Scheusal) attigissent, Cic.: att. graminis herbam, Verg. – alqd ne primoribus quidem labris (im Bilde = mit etw. sich nicht einmal flüchtig befassen), Cic. (vgl. labrum). – c) als mediz. t. t., befühlen, pulsum venarum, Tac.: venam, Gell. – d) schlagend, stoßend usw. anrühren, berühren, schlagen, stoßen, Me. Nemo etiam tetigit; sanun (= sanusne) es? Li. At censebam attigisse, Plaut.: cavebis ne me attingas, Plaut.: si illam digito attigerit uno, Ter.: cave attigeris hominem, Varro: ne sis me uno digito attigeris, Plaut.: si digito quem attigisset, poenas dedisset, Cic.: v. Blitz = treffen, ictu fulminis arbores attactae, Act. fratr. Arval. (a. 224) im Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 2107: attactum de caelo, Fest. 195, 5. – u. übh. feindlich anrühren, antasten = Hand legen an usw., angreifen ( wie εφάπτεσθαι), cubicularios eius, Suet. Ner. 38, 1: si Vestinus attingeretur, Liv. 8, 29, 4. – e) eine liebend od. unkeusch berühren, mit ihr verliebten Umgang pflegen, alqam, Ter. u.a.: u. so Venerem seram, sich später Liebe widmen, Ov.: ut quamque attigeris, fabula turpis erit, Ov. – II) übtr.: a) übh., berühren, treffen, von Nachrichten, quod ab illoc [me] attigisset nuntius, mich getroffen, Plaut. Bacch. 196: quem simulac Romam venisse mihi attigit aures nuntius, Varr. fr. b. Non. 263, 5. – v. Gemütszuständen, voluptas aut dolor alqm attingit, Cic.: invidia od. infamia alqm attingit, Cic.: si quid eam humanitus attigisset, wenn ihr etwas Menschliches begegnet wäre (= wenn sie gestorben wäre), Apul. – b) ein Alter erreichen, septuagenariam aetatem, Eutr. 8, 16. – c) mit etw. od. jmd. in Berührung od. Verbindung stehen, etwas zu tun haben, zu ihm gehören, ihn angehen, ihn betreffen, etw. od. jmd. erreichen, corporis similitudo attingit naturam animi, der Leib hat Ähnlichkeit mit der Seele, Cic.: labor non attingit deum, geht Gott nichts an, Cic.: non magis att. nomen legis, quam si etc., mit dem Namen Gesetz ebensowenig etwas zu tun haben, als wenn usw., Cic.: alqd ne suspicione quidem att., mutmaßlich erreichen, Cic. – dah. att. alqm cognatione, mit jmd. verwandt sein, att. alqm sanguine, mit jmd. blutsverwandt sein, Suet.: att. alqm necessitudine, mit jmd. in genauer Verbindung stehen, Cic. – m. ad u. Akk., quae nihil attingunt ad rem (was nicht zur Sache gehört) nec sunt usui, Plaut. merc. 32. – d) handelnd berühren = sich mit etw. befassen, sich an etw. machen od. wagen, sich in etw. versuchen, forum, rem publicam, Cic.: rem militarem, Caes.: sero ac leviter Graecas litteras, Cic.: studia non leviter, Suet.: Cimbricas res, Cic.: poëticen, Nep.: gaudia, genießen, Prop. – e) lesend nur berühren, librum strictim, nur flüchtig ansehen, Cic. ad Att. 2, 1, 1. – f) redend, schreibend berühren = auf etw. zu sprechen kommen, etw. besprechen, erwähnen, illam iniuriam non att., quae etc., Cic.: tantummodo summas (res) att., Nep.: alqd summatim att., Lucr., Quint. u. Pacat. pan.: singillatim unamquamque rem attingere et ita omnes transire breviter argumentationes, Cic.: alqd perquam breviter perstringere atque attingere, Cic.: alqd breviter att, Cornif. rhet., Ggstz. oratione complecti, Cic., od. Ggstz. exsequi, Suet.: alqd leviter in transitu att., Quint.: quos paucis attigi, Aur. Vict. – / Archaist. Fut. attinge, Paul. ex Fest. 26, 13 (u. dazu Otfr. Müller).

lateinisch-deutsches > attingo
17 comprehendo

com-prehendo (zsgzg. com-prēndo), prehendī (prēndī), prehēnsum (prēnsum), ere, I) zusammenfassen, zusammenhalten = verbinden, vereinigen, a) übh.: easque ipsas (naves) malis antennisque de nave in navem traiectis ac validis funibus velut uno inter se vinculo illigatis comprendit, Liv. – v. lebl. Subjj., oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt, Cels. 7, 4. no. 3. – b) als mediz. t.t. = durch etw. binden, medicamentum melle, Scrib. 70 extr. u.a. Veget. mul. 6, 27, 1.

II) befassen, begreifen, A) eig.: 1) = umfassen, umschließen, a) übh.: vulva non maior (est), quam ut manu comprehendatur, Cels. 4, 1. p. 122, 31 D. – b) umgebend umschließen = umgeben, α) einen Körper umschließen, umschlingen, umwickeln, v. Binden u. dgl., fascia caput umeri comprehendere debet, Cels.: quā (linum) comprehendit alvum, Cels.: multae membranulae venas et arterias comprehendunt, Cels.: articuli validis nervis comprehenduntur, Cels. – filo comprehensae venae, unterbundene, Cels. – β) einen Raum umgeben, einschließen, loca vallo, Frontin. 2, 11, 7. – c) in einen Raum aufnehmend, umfassen, begreifen, α) übh.: quas (nuces integras) uno modio comprehendere possis, Varr.: ovis non comprehendatur hieme (sc. stabulis), darf man nicht überwintern lassen, Col. – v. Raume selbst, circuitus rupis XXXII stadia comprehendit, Curt. – von der Tragweite eines Geschosses, quantum impulsa valet comprendere lancea nodo, Sil. 4, 102. – u. von der Tragweite eines chirurg. Instrum. usw., si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus (Trepan) possit, Cels.: fascia non vulnus tantum, sed paulum utrimque eius comprehendat, Cels. – β) v. Weibe, empfangen = schwanger werden (gew. concipere, griech. συλλαμβάνεσθαι), Cels. 5, 21. § 13.

2) befassen = anfassen, erfassen, fassen, ergreifen, a) übh.: quid manibus (opus est), si nihil comprehendendum est? Cic.: c. ramos, Curt.: aures, Tibull.: supinum eum (puerum) et aversum, Cels.: alcis dextram, Val. Max.: carbonem duplici forcipe, Hier.: lanceam laevā, Curt.: sinistrā manu scrotum, Cels.: tura tribus digitis, Lact.: testam plano situ digitis, Min. Fel.: quantum manu comprehendet, Cels.: quantum tribus digitis comprehendi potest, Cels. – c. alqm faucibus (bei der Kehle), Val. Max.: alqm comā (beim H.), Dict.: guttura morsu, Lucan.: manum (Rüssel) elephantorum mordicus, Plin. – v. lebl. Subjj., α) v. Instrumenten, saepe enim forceps, cum dentem comprehendere non possit aut frustra comprehendat, os gingivae prehendit et frangit, Cels. 7, 12, 1. p. 287, 24 D. – β) v. Feuer, ignis robora comprehendit, Verg.: quae (flamma) igni alita oppidanorum sepulcra comprehendit, Curt.: incendium turres et cetera opera comprehendit, Curt. – im Passiv, opera flammā comprehensa, Hirt. b.G.: avidis comprehenditur ignibus agger, Ov.: im Zshg. ohne igni. od. flammā, comprehensa aedificia, comprehensae lautumiae et atrium regium, Liv. 26, 27. § 2 u. 3. – γ) v. Ggstdn., die Feuer fangen, hae (casae) celeriter ignem comprehenderunt, Caes.: c. longis crinibus ignem (v. einer Pers.), Verg. – im Passiv, flammā ab utroque cornu comprehensā naves sunt combustae quinque, Caes. – δ) v. Krankheit, comprehendi morbo toto corpore, Iustin.: comprendi pestiferā lue, Iustin. – ε) als t.t. der Gärtnersprache, v. Pflanzen = Wurzel fassen, bekleiben, c. terram, ICt.: absol., Col. u. Pallad. – v. Pfropfreis = einwachsen, absol., Varr. r.r. 1, 40, 6. – b) als Bittender jmds. Hand ergreifen, jmd. an der Hand fassen, comprehendunt utrumque et orant, ne etc., Caes. b.G. 5, 31, 1. – c) feindlich ergreifen, α) Pers. ergreifen, fassen, packen, festnehmen (Ggstz. dimittere, emittere), fratres Litavicci, Caes.: servos, Liv.: fures, Catull.: interfectores fugientes, Liv.: praesidium Punicum, gefangen nehmen, Liv.: hominem c. et in custodiam Ephesi tradere, Cic.: alqm e navi egressum c. et in vincula conicere, Caes.: belli duces captos et comprehensos tenere, Cic. – mit Advv., propalam Dareus comprehendi non poterat, Curt. – m. Prädikats-Acc., alqm vivum in fuga, Caes.; od. m. pro u. Abl., alqm pro moecho, Ter. – m. in u. Abl., alqm in fuga, Caes.: alqm in furto, Frontin.: alqm in furto aut in latrocinio, Cic. – mit cum u. Abl. (womit? od. mit wem?), alqm cum gladio cruento, Cic.: alqm simul cum Ismenia, Nep. – mit per u. Akk., regem per milites, Curt. – m. folg. Infin. = dabei ertappen, daß usw., qui interesse conventibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Theod. 16, 4, 5. – β) Tiere u. sächl. Ggstde. aufgreifen, festnehmen, wegnehmen, mit Beschlag (Arrest) belegen, raedas equosque, Caes.: vehicula, Suet.: naves duas, Nep.: epistulas, Iustin.: venenum manifesto, Cic. – m. in u. Abl. od. m. bl. Genet. od. Abl. locat., naves in flumine Vulturno, Liv.: alcis signa militaria atque arma Capuae, Caes.: m. per u. Akk., Apameae manifesto comprehensum esse... auri pondo centum paulo minus per Sex. Caesium, Cic. – m. ad u. Akk. Gerund., vehicula ad deportandum meritoria et pistrinensia iumenta, Suet. – γ) eine Örtl. besetzen, aliis comprehensis collibus, Caes. b.c. 3, 46. § 6. – δ) eine verbrecherische Handlungsweise entdecken, alcis nefandum adulterium in pulvinaribus sanctissimis nobilissimae feminae, jmd. ertappen bei usw., Cic.: res indicio alcis comprehenditur, Cic.: totius testimonii ficta audacia manifesto comprehensa (auf der Tat ertappt) atque oppressa tenetur, Cic.

B) übtr.: 1) umfassen, umschließen, a) mit Liebe, Freundschaft usw. umschließen, sich verbinden, adulescentem humanitate suā, Cic.: multos amicitiā, Cic.: totam Atinatem praefecturam omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per maiores suos, Cic. – b) in eine od. mit einer Gestalt einschließen, spiritum (heiligen Geist) in effigiem c., Lact. 4, 8, 9: elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae, Lact. 2, 6, 1. – c) in eine Formel, einen Begriff usw. einschließen, mit (ein)begreifen, in hanc formulam omnia iudicia legitima, omnia officia domestica conclusa et comprehensa sint, Cic.: quae omnia senatus decretis comprehensa et comprobata sunt, Vell.: quae omnia una cum deorum notione comprehendimus, unter dem Begriff Gott mitbegreifen, Cic. – d) mit Worten od. Zahlen, begreifen, α) mit Worten u. dgl. begreifen, in Worte fassen, ausdrücken, beschreiben, m. Abl., verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem, Cic.: circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendere concludereque sententiam, Cic.: alqd paucis verbis c., Cels.: alqd brevi c., Cic.: c. alqd dictis, Ov.: bella viginti voluminibus, Suet. – mit Advv., breviter comprehensa sententia, Cic.: breviter verbis comprehensa enuntiatio, Quint.: breviter paucis c. multa, Lucr.: propriis verbis solute et facile sententiam, Cic.: hanc partem (medicinae) pluribus voluminibus diligentissime, Cic. – ohne weitere Ang., veterum rerum memoriam, Cic.: quae (adversa) si comprendere coner etc., Ov.: quas (curationes) protinus hic comprehendam, Cels.: omnes scelerum comprendere formas possim, Verg.: unpers., ut supra comprehensum est, wie oben gesagt, Cels. – β) mit Zahlen, in der Berechnung begreifen, alqd numero, in oder mit Zahlen ausdrücken, Verg. georg. 2, 104. Ov. art. am. 2, 447: quorum numerum comprendere non est, die man nicht alle zu zählen vermöchte, Ov. trist. 5, 11, 19: cum minores summas et dissidentes computatio una comprehendit, Sen. ep. 84, 7.

2) durch sinnliche Wahrnehmung usw. begreifen, auffassen, erfassen, mit u. ohne Abl. visu, mit dem Gesichtssinn, alqd visu, Sil. 3, 404: u. (ohne visu) litterarum apices, Gell. 13, 30 (31), 10. – mit Abl. sensu od. sensibus, mit dem Sinne, mit den Sinnen, Cic. – m. Abl. memoriā, recordatione = im Gedächtnisse, in der Erinnerung festhalten, bewahren, has quinque dierum disputationes memoriā c., Cic.: hoc recordatione c., Sen. – m. Abl. animo, cogitatione, mente, scientiā = mit dem Geiste usw. erfassen, begreifen = verstehen, erkennen, animo intellegentiam alcis rei, Cic.: omnes animo virtutes penitus, Cic.: omnia quae sunt in rerum natura celeriter animo, Cic.: alqd animo c. et tenere, Cic.: animo alqd tenere comprehensum, non sensibus, Cic.: cognitum comprehensumque animis alqd habere, Cic.: habere bene cognitam voluptatem et satis firme conceptam animo atque comprehensam, Cic.: c. omma suis animis et cogitatione, Cic.: intellegere et cogitatione c., qualis sit animus, Cic.: sed quo magis (mentem ab oculis) sevoco, eo minus id, quod tu vis, possum mente comprehendere, Cic.: si quam opinionem iam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, eine Meinung gefaßt habt, Cic.: res penitus perspectae planeque cognitae scientiāque comprehensae, Cic. – mit Abl. wodurch? = woran? alqd certis signis, Col. 6, 24, 3: alqd experimentis assiduis, Pallad. 2, 13, 8. – im Zshg. ohne weitere Ang. = begreifen, verstehen, esse aliquid, quod comprehendi et percipi posset, Cic.: non posse vero comprehendi (naturam), Cels. – / Die (nach Quint. 1, 5, 21 ursprüngliche, durch Aspiration erst in comprehendo erweiterte) Form comprendo findet sich nicht bloß bei Dichtern, sondern auch in den besten Handschriften der besten Prosaiker und in pros. Inschriften (zB. comprendit, Liv. 30, 10, 5: comprensa, Caes. b.c. 3, 101, 5: comprendo, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 4842, 64; vgl. Osann Apul. de orthogr. p. 114. Mai Cic. de rep. 4, 5, 5. Heerw. Liv. 21, 58, 6. p. 206. Köne, die Sprache der röm. Epiker S. 234 f.

lateinisch-deutsches > comprehendo
18 attingo

at-tingo (ad-tingo), tigī, tāctum, ere (ad u. tango), anrühren, berühren, I) eig.: A) im allg.: 1) übh.: mento summam aquam attingens, Cic. poët.: sustringebat caput loro altius, quam ut prioribus pedibus (iumentum) plane terram posset attingere, Nep.: att. alqm manu, Gell. (u. so cum hominum manu attingitur rupes, Mela): att. digito alqd, Porc. Licin. fr.: digito se caelum attigisse putare, fast im H. zu sein glauben (= heidenfroh, heilfroh sein), Cic.: alqd extremis, ut dicitur, digitis (im Bilde = mit etw. sich nur flüchtig befassen), Cic.: quae gignuntur attingere nefas et pro sacrilegio habent, Mela: u. im Bilde, invitus ea tamquam vulnera attingo, sed nisi tacta tractata que sanari possunt, Liv. 28, 27, 7: poet., att. solium Iovis, an Jupiters Thron reichen, den Weg zur Unsterblichkeit bahnen, Hor. ep. 1, 17, 34. – 2) insbes.: a) einen Ort berühren, d.i. α) v. Pers., ihn erreichen, ihn betreten, nach ihm hingelangen, Italiam, Cic.: Britanniam, Caes. u. Eutr.: arva, proram, Verg.: poet., arces igneas, zu göttlichen Ehren gelangen (v. Herkules), Hor.: lumina, zum Lebenslicht gelangen, Verg. – β) v. Örtl. u. Völkerschaften, an einen Ort angrenzen, anstoßen, stoßen, Cappadociae regio ea, quae Ciliciam attingit, Cic.: quā Hellespontum attingit Aeolis, Mela: Gallia altero (latere) Tuscum pelagus attingens, altero Oceanum, Mela: eorum fines

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Nervii attingebant, Caes.: hae gentes, quae Madenam attingunt, Eutr. – m. Dat., item collegia, quae attingunt eidem foro, Corp. inscr. Lat. 9, 5438: mit ad u. Akk., quā ad fluvium attingit, Mela 1, 4, 1 (1. § 20). – absol., cuius modi loci attingant, Cornif. rhet. 2, 7. – b) (poet.) jmd. berühren, d.i. antreffen, m. dopp. Acc., si te his attigerit terris Aurora morantem, Verg. Aen. 4, 568. – u. feindlich = auf jmd. treffen, -stoßen, Sulla, quem primum hostes attigerant, Sall. Iug. 101, 4. – B) mit versch. Nebenbegriffen: a) etw. anrühren = berührend von etw. nehmen, es sich aneignen, tetigin tui quidquam? C. si attigisses, ferres infortunium, Ter.: de praeda mea... teruncium nec attigit, nec tacturus est quisquam, Cic. – dah. b) ( wie ἅπτεσθαι) etw. anrühren = von etw. kosten, fressen, bestiae, quae tantum scelus (Scheusal) attigissent, Cic.: att. graminis herbam, Verg. – alqd ne primoribus quidem labris (im Bilde = mit etw. sich nicht einmal flüchtig befassen), Cic. (vgl. labrum). – c) als mediz. t. t., befühlen, pulsum venarum, Tac.: venam, Gell. – d) schlagend, stoßend usw. anrühren, berühren, schlagen, stoßen, Me. Nemo etiam tetigit; sanun (= sanusne) es? Li. At censebam attigisse, Plaut.: cavebis ne me attingas, Plaut.: si illam digito attigerit uno, Ter.: cave attigeris hominem, Varro: ne sis me uno digito attigeris, Plaut.: si digito quem attigisset, poenas dedisset, Cic.: v. Blitz = treffen, ictu

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fulminis arbores attactae, Act. fratr. Arval. (a. 224) im Corp. inscr. Lat. 6, 2107: attactum de caelo, Fest. 195, 5. – u. übh. feindlich anrühren, antasten = Hand legen an usw., angreifen ( wie εφάπτεσθαι), cubicularios eius, Suet. Ner. 38, 1: si Vestinus attingeretur, Liv. 8, 29, 4. – e) eine liebend od. unkeusch berühren, mit ihr verliebten Umgang pflegen, alqam, Ter. u.a.: u. so Venerem seram, sich später Liebe widmen, Ov.: ut quamque attigeris, fabula turpis erit, Ov. – II) übtr.: a) übh., berühren, treffen, von Nachrichten, quod ab illoc [me] attigisset nuntius, mich getroffen, Plaut. Bacch. 196: quem simulac Romam venisse mihi attigit aures nuntius, Varr. fr. b. Non. 263, 5. – v. Gemütszuständen, voluptas aut dolor alqm attingit, Cic.: invidia od. infamia alqm attingit, Cic.: si quid eam humanitus attigisset, wenn ihr etwas Menschliches begegnet wäre (= wenn sie gestorben wäre), Apul. – b) ein Alter erreichen, septuagenariam aetatem, Eutr. 8, 16. – c) mit etw. od. jmd. in Berührung od. Verbindung stehen, etwas zu tun haben, zu ihm gehören, ihn angehen, ihn betreffen, etw. od. jmd. erreichen, corporis similitudo attingit naturam animi, der Leib hat Ähnlichkeit mit der Seele, Cic.: labor non attingit deum, geht Gott nichts an, Cic.: non magis att. nomen legis, quam si etc., mit dem Namen Gesetz ebensowenig etwas zu tun haben, als wenn usw., Cic.: alqd ne suspicione

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quidem att., mutmaßlich erreichen, Cic. – dah. att. alqm cognatione, mit jmd. verwandt sein, att. alqm sanguine, mit jmd. blutsverwandt sein, Suet.: att. alqm necessitudine, mit jmd. in genauer Verbindung stehen, Cic. – m. ad u. Akk., quae nihil attingunt ad rem (was nicht zur Sache gehört) nec sunt usui, Plaut. merc. 32. – d) handelnd berühren = sich mit etw. befassen, sich an etw. machen od. wagen, sich in etw. versuchen, forum, rem publicam, Cic.: rem militarem, Caes.: sero ac leviter Graecas litteras, Cic.: studia non leviter, Suet.: Cimbricas res, Cic.: poëticen, Nep.: gaudia, genießen, Prop. – e) lesend nur berühren, librum strictim, nur flüchtig ansehen, Cic. ad Att. 2, 1, 1. – f) redend, schreibend berühren = auf etw. zu sprechen kommen, etw. besprechen, erwähnen, illam iniuriam non att., quae etc., Cic.: tantummodo summas (res) att., Nep.: alqd summatim att., Lucr., Quint. u. Pacat. pan.: singillatim unamquamque rem attingere et ita omnes transire breviter argumentationes, Cic.: alqd perquam breviter perstringere atque attingere, Cic.: alqd breviter att, Cornif. rhet., Ggstz. oratione complecti, Cic., od. Ggstz. exsequi, Suet.: alqd leviter in transitu att., Quint.: quos paucis attigi, Aur. Vict. – ⇒ Archaist. Fut. attinge, Paul. ex Fest. 26, 13 (u. dazu Otfr. Müller).

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com-prehendo (zsgzg. com-prēndo), prehendī (prēndī), prehēnsum (prēnsum), ere, I) zusammenfassen, zusammenhalten = verbinden, vereinigen, a) übh.: easque ipsas (naves) malis antennisque de nave in navem traiectis ac validis funibus velut uno inter se vinculo illigatis comprendit, Liv. – v. lebl. Subjj., oras vulneris suturae comprehendunt, Cels. 7, 4. no. 3. – b) als mediz. t.t. = durch etw. binden, medicamentum melle, Scrib. 70 extr. u.a. Veget. mul. 6, 27, 1.

II) befassen, begreifen, A) eig.: 1) = umfassen, umschließen, a) übh.: vulva non maior (est), quam ut manu comprehendatur, Cels. 4, 1. p. 122, 31 D. – b) umgebend umschließen = umgeben, α) einen Körper umschließen, umschlingen, umwickeln, v. Binden u. dgl., fascia caput umeri comprehendere debet, Cels.: quā (linum) comprehendit alvum, Cels.: multae membranulae venas et arterias comprehendunt, Cels.: articuli validis nervis comprehenduntur, Cels. – filo comprehensae venae, unterbundene, Cels. – β) einen Raum umgeben, einschließen, loca vallo, Frontin. 2, 11, 7. – c) in einen Raum aufnehmend, umfassen, begreifen, α) übh.: quas (nuces integras) uno modio comprehendere possis, Varr.: ovis non comprehendatur hieme (sc. stabulis), darf man nicht überwintern lassen, Col. – v. Raume selbst, circuitus rupis XXXII

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stadia comprehendit, Curt. – von der Tragweite eines Geschosses, quantum impulsa valet comprendere lancea nodo, Sil. 4, 102. – u. von der Tragweite eines chirurg. Instrum. usw., si vitium in angusto est, quod comprehendere modiolus (Trepan) possit, Cels.: fascia non vulnus tantum, sed paulum utrimque eius comprehendat, Cels. – β) v. Weibe, empfangen = schwanger werden (gew. concipere, griech. συλλαμβάνεσθαι), Cels. 5, 21. § 13.

2) befassen = anfassen, erfassen, fassen, ergreifen, a) übh.: quid manibus (opus est), si nihil comprehendendum est? Cic.: c. ramos, Curt.: aures, Tibull.: supinum eum (puerum) et aversum, Cels.: alcis dextram, Val. Max.: carbonem duplici forcipe, Hier.: lanceam laevā, Curt.: sinistrā manu scrotum, Cels.: tura tribus digitis, Lact.: testam plano situ digitis, Min. Fel.: quantum manu comprehendet, Cels.: quantum tribus digitis comprehendi potest, Cels. – c. alqm faucibus (bei der Kehle), Val. Max.: alqm comā (beim H.), Dict.: guttura morsu, Lucan.: manum (Rüssel) elephantorum mordicus, Plin. – v. lebl. Subjj., α) v. Instrumenten, saepe enim forceps, cum dentem comprehendere non possit aut frustra comprehendat, os gingivae prehendit et frangit, Cels. 7, 12, 1. p. 287, 24 D. – β) v. Feuer, ignis robora comprehendit, Verg.: quae (flamma) igni alita oppidanorum sepulcra comprehendit, Curt.: incendium turres et ce-

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tera opera comprehendit, Curt. – im Passiv, opera flammā comprehensa, Hirt. b.G.: avidis comprehenditur ignibus agger, Ov.: im Zshg. ohne igni. od. flammā, comprehensa aedificia, comprehensae lautumiae et atrium regium, Liv. 26, 27. § 2 u. 3. – γ) v. Ggstdn., die Feuer fangen, hae (casae) celeriter ignem comprehenderunt, Caes.: c. longis crinibus ignem (v. einer Pers.), Verg. – im Passiv, flammā ab utroque cornu comprehensā naves sunt combustae quinque, Caes. – δ) v. Krankheit, comprehendi morbo toto corpore, Iustin.: comprendi pestiferā lue, Iustin. – ε) als t.t. der Gärtnersprache, v. Pflanzen = Wurzel fassen, bekleiben, c. terram, ICt.: absol., Col. u. Pallad. – v. Pfropfreis = einwachsen, absol., Varr. r.r. 1, 40, 6. – b) als Bittender jmds. Hand ergreifen, jmd. an der Hand fassen, comprehendunt utrumque et orant, ne etc., Caes. b.G. 5, 31, 1. – c) feindlich ergreifen, α) Pers. ergreifen, fassen, packen, festnehmen (Ggstz. dimittere, emittere), fratres Litavicci, Caes.: servos, Liv.: fures, Catull.: interfectores fugientes, Liv.: praesidium Punicum, gefangen nehmen, Liv.: hominem c. et in custodiam Ephesi tradere, Cic.: alqm e navi egressum c. et in vincula conicere, Caes.: belli duces captos et comprehensos tenere, Cic. – mit Advv., propalam Dareus comprehendi non poterat, Curt. – m. Prädikats-Acc., alqm vivum in fuga, Caes.; od. m. pro u. Abl., alqm pro moecho,

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Ter. – m. in u. Abl., alqm in fuga, Caes.: alqm in furto, Frontin.: alqm in furto aut in latrocinio, Cic. – mit cum u. Abl. (womit? od. mit wem?), alqm cum gladio cruento, Cic.: alqm simul cum Ismenia, Nep. – mit per u. Akk., regem per milites, Curt. – m. folg. Infin. = dabei ertappen, daß usw., qui interesse conventibus interdictis fuerint comprehensi, Cod. Theod. 16, 4, 5. – β) Tiere u. sächl. Ggstde. aufgreifen, festnehmen, wegnehmen, mit Beschlag (Arrest) belegen, raedas equosque, Caes.: vehicula, Suet.: naves duas, Nep.: epistulas, Iustin.: venenum manifesto, Cic. – m. in u. Abl. od. m. bl. Genet. od. Abl. locat., naves in flumine Vulturno, Liv.: alcis signa militaria atque arma Capuae, Caes.: m. per u. Akk., Apameae manifesto comprehensum esse... auri pondo centum paulo minus per Sex. Caesium, Cic. – m. ad u. Akk. Gerund., vehicula ad deportandum meritoria et pistrinensia iumenta, Suet. – γ) eine Örtl. besetzen, aliis comprehensis collibus, Caes. b.c. 3, 46. § 6. – δ) eine verbrecherische Handlungsweise entdecken, alcis nefandum adulterium in pulvinaribus sanctissimis nobilissimae feminae, jmd. ertappen bei usw., Cic.: res indicio alcis comprehenditur, Cic.: totius testimonii ficta audacia manifesto comprehensa (auf der Tat ertappt) atque oppressa tenetur, Cic.

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ulescentem humanitate suā, Cic.: multos amicitiā, Cic.: totam Atinatem praefecturam omnibus officiis per se, per patrem, per maiores suos, Cic. – b) in eine od. mit einer Gestalt einschließen, spiritum (heiligen Geist) in effigiem c., Lact. 4, 8, 9: elementorum figurae humanā specie comprehensae, Lact. 2, 6, 1. – c) in eine Formel, einen Begriff usw. einschließen, mit (ein)begreifen, in hanc formulam omnia iudicia legitima, omnia officia domestica conclusa et comprehensa sint, Cic.: quae omnia senatus decretis comprehensa et comprobata sunt, Vell.: quae omnia una cum deorum notione comprehendimus, unter dem Begriff Gott mitbegreifen, Cic. – d) mit Worten od. Zahlen, begreifen, α) mit Worten u. dgl. begreifen, in Worte fassen, ausdrücken, beschreiben, m. Abl., verbis luculentioribus et pluribus rem eandem, Cic.: circumscriptione quādam verborum comprehendere concludereque sententiam, Cic.: alqd paucis verbis c., Cels.: alqd brevi c., Cic.: c. alqd dictis, Ov.: bella viginti voluminibus, Suet. – mit Advv., breviter comprehensa sententia, Cic.: breviter verbis comprehensa enuntiatio, Quint.: breviter paucis c. multa, Lucr.: propriis verbis solute et facile sententiam, Cic.: hanc partem (medicinae) pluribus voluminibus diligentissime, Cic. – ohne weitere Ang., veterum rerum memoriam, Cic.: quae (adversa) si comprendere coner etc., Ov.: quas (curationes) protinus hic comprehendam, Cels.:

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omnes scelerum comprendere formas possim, Verg.: unpers., ut supra comprehensum est, wie oben gesagt, Cels. – β) mit Zahlen, in der Berechnung begreifen, alqd numero, in oder mit Zahlen ausdrücken, Verg. georg. 2, 104. Ov. art. am. 2, 447: quorum numerum comprendere non est, die man nicht alle zu zählen vermöchte, Ov. trist. 5, 11, 19: cum minores summas et dissidentes computatio una comprehendit, Sen. ep. 84, 7.

2) durch sinnliche Wahrnehmung usw. begreifen, auffassen, erfassen, mit u. ohne Abl. visu, mit dem Gesichtssinn, alqd visu, Sil. 3, 404: u. (ohne visu) litterarum apices, Gell. 13, 30 (31), 10. – mit Abl. sensu od. sensibus, mit dem Sinne, mit den Sinnen, Cic. – m. Abl. memoriā, recordatione = im Gedächtnisse, in der Erinnerung festhalten, bewahren, has quinque dierum disputationes memoriā c., Cic.: hoc recordatione c., Sen. – m. Abl. animo, cogitatione, mente, scientiā = mit dem Geiste usw. erfassen, begreifen = verstehen, erkennen, animo intellegentiam alcis rei, Cic.: omnes animo virtutes penitus, Cic.: omnia quae sunt in rerum natura celeriter animo, Cic.: alqd animo c. et tenere, Cic.: animo alqd tenere comprehensum, non sensibus, Cic.: cognitum comprehensumque animis alqd habere, Cic.: habere bene cognitam voluptatem et satis firme conceptam animo atque comprehensam, Cic.: c. omma suis animis et cogita-

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tione, Cic.: intellegere et cogitatione c., qualis sit animus, Cic.: sed quo magis (mentem ab oculis) sevoco, eo minus id, quod tu vis, possum mente comprehendere, Cic.: si quam opinionem iam vestris mentibus comprehendistis, eine Meinung gefaßt habt, Cic.: res penitus perspectae planeque cognitae scientiāque comprehensae, Cic. – mit Abl. wodurch? = woran? alqd certis signis, Col. 6, 24, 3: alqd experimentis assiduis, Pallad. 2, 13, 8. – im Zshg. ohne weitere Ang. = begreifen, verstehen, esse aliquid, quod comprehendi et percipi posset, Cic.: non posse vero comprehendi (naturam), Cels. – ⇒ Die (nach Quint. 1, 5, 21 ursprüngliche, durch Aspiration erst in comprehendo erweiterte) Form comprendo findet sich nicht bloß bei Dichtern, sondern auch in den besten Handschriften der besten Prosaiker und in pros. Inschriften (zB. comprendit, Liv. 30, 10, 5: comprensa, Caes. b.c. 3, 101, 5: comprendo, Corp. inscr. Lat. 10, 4842, 64; vgl. Osann Apul. de orthogr. p. 114. Mai Cic. de rep. 4, 5, 5. Heerw. Liv. 21, 58, 6. p. 206. Köne, die Sprache der röm. Epiker S. 234 f.

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20 astringo

a-stringo (ad-stringo), strīnxī, strictum, ere, straff anziehen, I) eig. straff-, fest anziehen, fest zusammenziehen, zusammenschnüren, -pressen, fest schnüren, fest anbinden, fest anschließen (Ggstz. relaxare), a) im engern Sinne, ein Band u. einen Ggstd. (v. den Banden selbst u. v. Pers., die vermittelst eines Bandes schnüren), quo magis extendas (vincula), tanto astringunt artius, Plaut.: vincula motu, Ov.: laqueos, Sen. – quae (vinculum) astringit, Cic.: u. artius atque hederā astringitur ilex, Hor.: iugum astrictum compluribus nodis, Curt.: soccus astrictus, Hor.: comae astrictae, Ov. – rotam multo sufflamine, stark hemmen, Iuven. – alci manus, Plaut.: alqm ad columnam fortiter, Plaut.: alqm ad statuam, Cic. – b) im weitern Sinne, Körperteile u. ähnl. Ggstde., labra (Ggstz. diducere labra), Quint.: vultum superciliis, Quint.: frontem, zusammenziehen, runzeln, Sen.: astricta tempora, runzelige Schläfe, Cels.: astrictae fauces, zusammengeschnürte, Tac.: astricti crepidis pedes, zusammengepreßte, Curt.: paenulis astricti et velut inclusi, eingepreßt, Tac. – venas (terrae) hiantes, sich eng schließen machen, Verg.: so auch limen astrictum, geschlossene, Ov.: cortex astrictus pice, Hor.: astrictum opus bitumine, Curt. – alvus (der Magen) tum astringitur tum relaxatur, Cic.: tum astringentibus se intestinis tum relaxantibus, Cic. – Insbes. v. Ggstdn., die zusammenziehend auf einen Körper wirken, α) v. Heilmitteln, Speisen usw. (als mediz. t. t.), omnem partem (corporis) confirmare et astringere, Scrib.: astr. gustu, den Mund zusammenziehen, Plin.: astringi a marino morsu, von der Schärfe des Seewassers verdichtet werden, Plin.: alvum astr., harten Leib machen, verstopfen, stopfend auf den Leib wirken (Ggstz. alvum solvere, resolvere, laxare), Cels. – β) v. der Kälte, zusammenziehen, erstarren machen, corpora vis frigoris ita astrinxerat, ut etc., Curt.: imbrem concreto gelu, zu festem Eis gefrieren machen, Curt.: astrictae aquae (sc. gelu), Ov.: astricto perusta terra gelu, ewig erstarrt vom Eis, Ov.: humus riget gelu astricta, erstarrt, hart gefroren, Curt. – u. abkühlen, mollibus lacubus remissum corpus, Mart. 1, 49, 11: dah. astringi, sich abkühlen, in proxumo puteus, ex quo possis rursus astringi, si paeniteat teporis, Plin. ep. 5, 6, 25. – γ) v. Stoffen, eine Farbe abschwächen (Ggstz. excitare, heben), ita permixtis viribus alterum altero excitatur aut astringitur, Plin. 9, 134. – u. se astr., sich verdichten, gerinnen, quod (medicamen) cum se astrinxerit, Pelag. vet. 28. p. 95 extr. – II) übtr.: a) übh. straff anziehen (Ggstz. relaxare), pater nimis indulgens quicquid ego astrinxi relaxat, lockert die Zügel, die ich straff angezogen habe, Cic.: puta enim avaritiam relaxatam, puta astrictam esse luxuriam, Sen.: haec magis adhuc astringunt, befestigen noch mehr, Quint. – in Schrift u. Rede zusammendrängen, einschränken, in Schranken weisen, luxuriantia, Quint.: rem tam late fusam tam breviter, Quint. – u. commeatum ad certam formulam astringere, den Wagentroß auf ein bestimmtes Maß beschränken, Suet. Tib. 18, 1. – u. einen Beweis zusammendrängen, zusammenfassen, breviter argumenta (Ggstz. vagari), Cic.: hoc artius astringi ratio non potest, knapper als so läßt sich diese Schlußfolge nicht fassen, Cic. – b) geistig, politisch, moralisch gleichs. fesseln, binden, α) geistig, illi studio suorum astricti, gefesselt durch die Teilnahme an den Ihrigen, Sall.: Iugurtha maioribus astrictus, durch wichtigere Gegenstände ganz in Anspruch genommen, Sall. – β) politisch, vel armis vel legibus totam Galliam sempiternis vinculis, Cic. – γ) moralisch binden, fesseln, fest-, unauflöslich machen, disciplinam legibus, Cic.: huius tanti officii servitutem testimonio sempiterno, Cic. – u. moralisch binden = verbinden, verbindlich machen, verpflichten, hāc lege alci suam fidem, Ter.: alqm legibus, Cic.: iureiurando populum, Liv. epit.: alqm suis condicionibus, Cic.: eius (C. Marcelli iudicis) religione devinctus atque astrictus, durch desselben Eidespflicht gebunden u. fest umstrickt, Cic. – se scelere astringere u. scelere astringi, sich durch ein Vergehen binden, d.i. sich schuldfällig machen, Cic.: u. so furti sese, Plaut. – m. Ang. woran? od. wozu? durch in od. ad m. Akk., se verbis alterius in iura sacra, Ov.: se ad certa verba, Quint.: milites ad certam stipendiorum formulam, Caes.: astringi ad temperantiam, Plin. ep.: haec utique lex naturae est, quae ad omnem astringit humanitatem, Ambros. de off. 3, 3, 19. – mit Ang. wofür? durch pro m. Abl., se iureiurando pro salute alcis, Suet. Caes. 84.

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