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  • 1 brevitās

        brevitās ātis, f    [1 brevis].—Of space, shortness: brevitas nostra, small stature, Cs.: spati, Cs. —Meton., of time, shortness, brevity: diei, i. e. the short days: temporis: vitae: in eādem brevitate quā bestiolae reperiemur.—Of discourse, brevity, conciseness: orationis: tanta in dicendo: Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, H.: brevitatis causā. — Of pronunciation: pedum, syllabarum: brevitates in sonis.
    * * *
    shortness, smallness, narrowness; brevity, conciseness, terseness

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  • 2 brevitas

    brĕvĭtas, ātis, f. [brevis], shortness.
    I.
    Lit., in space (cf. brevis, I.) (rare):

    brevitas angusti freti,

    the narrowness of the strait, Gell. 10, 27, 6:

    hominibus Gallis prae magnitudine corporum suorum brevitas nostra contemptui est,

    smallness of stature, Caes. B. G. 2, 30; cf.:

    haec habilis brevitate suā est,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 35:

    spatii,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 82, 3:

    crurum,

    Plin. 8, 34, 52, § 123:

    chamaeplatani coactae brevitatis,

    Plin. 12, 2, 6, § 13:

    guttarum,

    Vitr. 7, 8, 2.—More freq.,
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    In time, shortness, brevity:

    ita diei brevitas conviviis, noctis longitudo in stupris continebatur,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 26:

    temporis,

    id. Att. 1, 10, 1:

    imperii,

    Tac. H. 1, 47:

    horae,

    Sil. 3, 141:

    vitae,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 38, 91; Sen. Brev. Vit. tit. et saep.— Absol.: confer nostram longissimam aetatem cum aeternitate;

    in eādem propemodum brevitate quā illae bestiolae reperiemur,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 39, 94.—But most freq.,
    2.
    Of discourse, brevity, conciseness: si brevitas appellanda est, cum verbum nullum redundat, brevis est L. Crassi oratio;

    sin tum est brevitas, cum tantum verborum est, quantum necesse est, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 326 sq.; id. Brut. 13, 50; 17, 66; id. Inv. 1, 20, 28 sq.; id. Verr. 2, 1, 40, § 103; id. Leg. 3, 18, 40:

    cujus tanta in dicendo brevitas fuit,

    id. Har. Resp. 19, 41:

    et a me brevitas postulatur, qui mihimet ipsi amicissima est,

    id. Quint. 10, 34:

    nos brevitatem in hoc ponimus, non ut minus, sed ne plus dicatur quam oporteat,

    Quint. 4, 2, 43:

    illa Sallustiana brevitas,

    id. 4, 2, 45; 10, 1, 32:

    brevitas quoque aut copia non genere materiae sed modo constant,

    id. 3, 8, 67; 10, 1, 46; 10, 5, 8; 6, 3, 45;

    12, 10, 48: ea, quotiens causa poscit, ubertas, ea, quotiens permittit, brevitas,

    Tac. Or. 23:

    contionem imperatoriā brevitate pronuntiat,

    id. H. 1, 18: est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, * Hor. S. 1, 10, 9; Phaedr. 2, prol. 12; 3, 10, 60: brevitatis causā, gratiā, for the sake of brevity or conciseness, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 67:

    gratiā,

    Plin. 18, 25, 57, § 214.—
    3.
    Of shortness of syllables:

    fluit numerus tum incitatius brevitate pedum, tum proceritate tardius,

    Cic. Or. 63, 212:

    brevitas celeritas syllabarum,

    id. ib. 57, 191:

    contractio et brevitas dignitatem non habet,

    id. ib. 57, 193.—In plur.:

    omnium longitudinum et brevitatum in sonis... judicium, etc.,

    Cic. Or. 51, 173.—
    II.
    For exiguitas, parvitas (cf. brevis, II. C.), littleness, smallness:

    cujusvis in brevitate corporis,

    Lucr. 2, 483:

    vineae,

    Paul. Aug. 2:

    doni,

    Claud. Epigr. 20, 11.

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  • 3 angustia

    angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

    but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
    I.
    Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
    A.
    Of places:

    Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

    loci,

    id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

    angustiae locorum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

    angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

    id. 34, 46:

    itinerum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

    per angustias Hellesponti,

    Suet. Caes. 63:

    vicorum,

    id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
    B.
    Of other things:

    spiritūs,

    shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

    urinae,

    strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

    Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

    edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

    in angustiā temporum,

    Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
    B.
    Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

    pecuniae publicae,

    id. Fam. 12, 30:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    stipendii,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

    Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

    ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

    Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    paternae,

    Tac. A. 1, 75.—
    C.
    Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

    in summas angustias adduci,

    Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    cum in his angustiis res esset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

    vereri angustias,

    Cic. Planc. 22:

    angustiae petitionis,

    i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

    tenent me angustiae,

    ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
    D.
    Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

    Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
    E.
    Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

    me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

    into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

    cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
    F.
    Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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  • 4 angustiae

    angustĭae, ārum (rare in class. Lat. in sing angustĭa, ae, Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.;

    but freq. in eccl. Lat.,

    Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. [angustus].
    I.
    Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
    A.
    Of places:

    Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45:

    itineris,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.):

    loci,

    id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61:

    angustiae locorum,

    Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21:

    angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,

    Liv. 28, 1:

    diu in angustiis pugnatum est,

    id. 34, 46:

    itinerum,

    Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.:

    per angustias Hellesponti,

    Suet. Caes. 63:

    vicorum,

    id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.—
    B.
    Of other things:

    spiritūs,

    shortness of breath, Cic. de Or. 3, 46, 181:

    urinae,

    strangury, Plin. 21, 21, 92, § 160.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency:

    in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,

    Cic. de Or. 1. 1:

    edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,

    id. ib. 3, 61; id. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7:

    in angustiā temporum,

    Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.—
    B.
    Of money or other possessions, scarcity, want:

    aerarii,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 14:

    pecuniae publicae,

    id. Fam. 12, 30:

    rei frumentariae,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 17:

    fortunae,

    Tac. A. 2, 38:

    stipendii,

    id. ib. 1, 35:

    ad eas rei familiaris angustias decidit,

    Suet. Claud. 9.— Sometimes absol., want, indigence, poverty:

    ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem,

    Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 4:

    paternae,

    Tac. A. 1, 75.—
    C.
    Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits:

    in summas angustias adduci,

    Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28:

    cum in his angustiis res esset,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 54:

    vereri angustias,

    Cic. Planc. 22:

    angustiae petitionis,

    i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity, id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4:

    tenent me angustiae,

    ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al. —
    D.
    Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness:

    non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,

    Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.—
    E.
    Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms:

    me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,

    into a dilemma of verbal subtleties, Cic. Caecin. 29:

    cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?

    straits, id. Ac. 2, 35.—
    F.
    Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.

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  • 5 angustia

        angustia ae （sing. very rare), and angustiae, ārum, f    [angustus], narrowness, straitness: itineris, Cs.: loci, S. — Meton., a narrow place, narrow part, neck, defile, strait: Graeciae: angustiae saltibus inclusae, pass, L.—Of time, shortness. ut me temporis angustiae coegerunt: angustiae quas natura nobis dedit (sc. temporis). — Fig., scarcity, want, poverty: aerarii; pecuniae publicae: rei frumentariae, Cs.: pro angustiā rerum, Ta.: ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem.— Difficulty, distress, perplexity: in angustias adduci: cum in his angustiis res esset, Cs.: petitionis.— Narrowness, meanness: pectoris tui: orationem in angustias compellere, narrowness of view: verborum, verbal trifling.—Of style, brevity, succinctness: angustia conclusae orationis.
    * * *
    narrow passage/place/space (pl.), defile; strait, pass; difficulties; meanness

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  • 6 breviloquentia

    brevity of speech, conciseness

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  • 7 breviloquium

    brevity of speech, conciseness

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  • 8 brevitas

    shortness, brevity.

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  • 9 breviloquentia

    brĕvĭlŏquentĭa, ae, f. [brevis-loquentia], brevity of speech: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an expression of Cicero, censured by Seneca ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.

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  • 10 breviloquium

    brĕvĭlŏquĭum, ii, n. [brevis-loquor], brevity in speech, Prisc. p. 754 P.; Fulg. Myth. praef. fin.; Serv. ad Verg. A. 1, 561.

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  • 11 minutiloquium

    mĭnūtĭ-lŏquĭum, ii, n. [minutus-loquor], brevity of speech (eccl. Lat.):

    Aristotelis,

    Tert. Anim. 6; Boëth. Myth. 1 praef. fin.

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  • 12 neclegentia

    neglĕgentĭa (better than neclĕg-, not neglĭg-), ae, f. [neglegens from neglego], carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect (syn. incuria;

    freq. and class.): neglegentiā, pigritiā, inertiā... impediri,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:

    in accusando,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

    munditia quae fugiat agrestem et inhumanam neglegentiam,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    accusare aliquem de litterarum neglegentiā,

    of neglecting to write, id. Att. 1, 6, 1.—So, me nomine neglegentiae suspectum tibi esse doleo, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    epistularum duarum, quas ad me misit, neglegentiam, meamque in rescribendo diligentiam volui tibi notam esse,

    brevity, coldness, id. ib. 8, 11, 6:

    sui,

    Tac. A. 16, 18:

    quaedam etiam neglegentia est diligens,

    Cic. Or. 23, 78:

    institutorum neglegentiam accusare,

    id. Rep. 4, 3, 3:

    nam neque neglegentiā tuā, neque odio id fecit tuo,

    out of disrespect, want of regard, to you, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 27:

    caerimoniarum auspiciorumque,

    neglect, Liv. 22, 9:

    deorum,

    id. 5, 51:

    cum ex neglegentia domini vacet (fundus),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 51.

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  • 13 neglegentia

    neglĕgentĭa (better than neclĕg-, not neglĭg-), ae, f. [neglegens from neglego], carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect (syn. incuria;

    freq. and class.): neglegentiā, pigritiā, inertiā... impediri,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:

    in accusando,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

    munditia quae fugiat agrestem et inhumanam neglegentiam,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    accusare aliquem de litterarum neglegentiā,

    of neglecting to write, id. Att. 1, 6, 1.—So, me nomine neglegentiae suspectum tibi esse doleo, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    epistularum duarum, quas ad me misit, neglegentiam, meamque in rescribendo diligentiam volui tibi notam esse,

    brevity, coldness, id. ib. 8, 11, 6:

    sui,

    Tac. A. 16, 18:

    quaedam etiam neglegentia est diligens,

    Cic. Or. 23, 78:

    institutorum neglegentiam accusare,

    id. Rep. 4, 3, 3:

    nam neque neglegentiā tuā, neque odio id fecit tuo,

    out of disrespect, want of regard, to you, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 27:

    caerimoniarum auspiciorumque,

    neglect, Liv. 22, 9:

    deorum,

    id. 5, 51:

    cum ex neglegentia domini vacet (fundus),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 51.

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  • 14 negligentia

    neglĕgentĭa (better than neclĕg-, not neglĭg-), ae, f. [neglegens from neglego], carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, neglect (syn. incuria;

    freq. and class.): neglegentiā, pigritiā, inertiā... impediri,

    Cic. Off. 1, 9, 28:

    in accusando,

    id. Rosc. Am. 21, 59:

    munditia quae fugiat agrestem et inhumanam neglegentiam,

    id. Off. 1, 36, 130:

    accusare aliquem de litterarum neglegentiā,

    of neglecting to write, id. Att. 1, 6, 1.—So, me nomine neglegentiae suspectum tibi esse doleo, id. Fam. 2, 1, 1:

    epistularum duarum, quas ad me misit, neglegentiam, meamque in rescribendo diligentiam volui tibi notam esse,

    brevity, coldness, id. ib. 8, 11, 6:

    sui,

    Tac. A. 16, 18:

    quaedam etiam neglegentia est diligens,

    Cic. Or. 23, 78:

    institutorum neglegentiam accusare,

    id. Rep. 4, 3, 3:

    nam neque neglegentiā tuā, neque odio id fecit tuo,

    out of disrespect, want of regard, to you, Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 27:

    caerimoniarum auspiciorumque,

    neglect, Liv. 22, 9:

    deorum,

    id. 5, 51:

    cum ex neglegentia domini vacet (fundus),

    Gai. Inst. 2, 51.

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  • 15 professio

    prŏfessĭo, ōnis, f. [profiteor], a public acknowledgment, declaration, expression, profession, promise (mostly post-Aug.).
    I.
    In gen.: professio bonae voluntatis, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 2:

    Canidius timidius decessit, quam professioni ejus congruebat,

    Vell. 2, 87, 3: memores professionis, of our promise ( of brevity), id. 2, 89, 6:

    aperta,

    Plin. 27, 3, 2, § 9:

    suae opinionis,

    expression, Gell. 7, 3, 24:

    summa stultitiae,

    id. 7, 3, 24:

    flagitii,

    Tac. A. 2, 85:

    pietatis,

    id. Agr. 3.—
    B.
    Transf., a sign, token (post-class.):

    vitiorum,

    Pall. 3, 9.—
    II.
    In partic., a public declaration or specification of one's person, name, property, business, etc. (class.): IS. APVD. QVEM. EA. PROFESSIO FIET, etc., Tab. Her. in Haubold, Mon. Leg. p. 101 sq.; Liv. 35, 7:

    tu vero confice professionem, si potes. Etsi haec pecunia ex eo genere est, ut professione non egeat,

    Cic. Fam. 16, 23, 1:

    post professionem de fideicommisso factam,

    Dig. 49, 14, 2; Tert. Apol. 42; Vulg. Act. 5, 37.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    A public register of persons or property thus given in (class.):

    in Leontino jugerum subscriptio ac professio non est plus triginta millium,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 47, § 113.—
    2.
    A business or profession which one publicly avows (class.):

    professio bene dicendi,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 6, 21:

    grammaticae,

    Suet. Gram. 8:

    sapientiae,

    Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 112:

    magicae artis,

    Curt. 7, 4, 8:

    professionem honestarum artium malis corruperant moribus,

    id. 8, 5, 7: ista salutaris, the art of healing, medicine, Cels. praef.:

    ultimae professionis homines, i. e. vilissimi artificii,

    Lampr. Elag. 20; Dig 2, 13, 9.

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