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depth post

  • 1 профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа, для крепления стоек для монтажа оборудования шириной 19"

    1. depth post side-mounted
    2. depth post for divided 19-inch
    3. depth post

     

    профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа, для крепления стоек для монтажа оборудования шириной 19"
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    5342_1

    1 - Профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа, для крепления стоек для монтажа оборудования шириной 19";
    2 - Стойка для монтажа оборудования шириной 19";
    3 - Опорный кронштейн левый;
    4 - Стойка каркаса шкафа

    Рис. Legrand

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    Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа, для крепления стоек для монтажа оборудования шириной 19"

  • 2 опорный профиль

    1. depth post
    2. deep post

     

    опорный профиль
    Профиль для настраиваемой по глубине шкафа установки монтажных стоек
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    5341

    1 - Опорный профиль для настраиваемой по глубине шкафа установки монтажных стоек;
    2 - Монтажная стойка

    Рис. Legrand

    Тематики

    EN

    Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > опорный профиль

  • 3 профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа

    1. mounting depth post

     

    профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа
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    5343

    1 - Профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа
    Рис. Legrand

    Тематики

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    Русско-английский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > профиль, монтируемый по глубине шкафа

  • 4 profunditas

    prŏfundĭtas, ātis, f. [profundus], depth (post - class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    corporum tres sunt dimensiones, longitudo, latitudo, profunditas,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6, 36:

    aquarum,

    Cassiod. Var. 2, 21.—
    II.
    Trop., vastness, immensity, Hadrian. ap. Vop. Sat. 8:

    disciplinae,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 7, 3:

    prudentiae,

    id. ib. 1, 3, 12:

    ingenii,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 1.—
    2.
    Depth, intensity, darkness:

    tenebrarum,

    Macr. S. 1, 20, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > profunditas

  • 5 indización

    f.
    indexing, indexation.
    * * *
    SF (Econ) index-linking; (Inform) indexing
    * * *
    = index description, indexing, indexation.
    Ex. The translated subject analysis, either in form of words or code numbers, will constitute the index description of the document.
    Ex. The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex. Furthermore, these results support the hypothesis that the indexation of images in French can be accomplished using the English terms and vice versa.
    ----
    * agencia de indización = indexing agency.
    * cadena de indización = index string, indexing string.
    * DSIS (Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda) = DISI (Deep Structure Indexing System).
    * exhaustividad en la indización = depth of indexing.
    * frase de indización = indexing phrase.
    * herramienta de indización = indexing tool.
    * indización alfabética = alphabetical indexing.
    * indización automática = automatic indexing.
    * indización automatizada = computer indexing.
    * indización canónica = canonical indexing.
    * indización cíclica = cycled indexing.
    * indización coordinada = coordinate indexing.
    * indización derivada automáticamente de los títulos = derivative indexing, derived indexing.
    * indización en cadena = chain indexing.
    * indización en lenguaje controlado = controlled-language indexing.
    * indización en lenguaje libre = free language indexing.
    * indización en lenguaje natural = natural language indexing.
    * indización en profundidad = depth indexing.
    * indización exhaustiva = depth indexing.
    * indización general = summarisation [summarization, -USA].
    * indización global = summarisation [summarization, -USA].
    * indización humana = human indexing.
    * indización manual = manual indexing.
    * indización mecanizada = machine indexing.
    * Indización Permutada de Materias basada en Postulados (POPSI) = Postulate-based Permuted Subject Indexing (POPSI).
    * indización permutada de títulos = permuted title indexing.
    * indización por ciclos = cyclic indexing.
    * indización por descriptores = descriptor indexing.
    * indización por materias = subject indexing.
    * indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.
    * indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.
    * indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.
    * indización por rotación = rotated indexing.
    * indización postcoordinada = post-coordinated indexing.
    * indización PRECIS = PRECIS indexing.
    * indización precoordinada = pre-coordinated indexing.
    * indización según el objeto = entity-oriented indexing.
    * indización según la demanda = request-oriented indexing.
    * indización sistemática = systematic indexing.
    * indización SLIC = SLIC indexing.
    * lenguaje de indización = index language.
    * lenguaje de indización alfabética = alphabetical indexing language.
    * lenguaje de indización controlado = controlled indexing language.
    * lenguaje de indización libre = free indexing language.
    * lenguaje de indización natural = natural indexing language.
    * método de indización en cadena = chain procedure.
    * proceso de indización = indexing process.
    * revista de indización = indexing periodical.
    * servicio de indización de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals indexing service, periodicals indexing service.
    * servicio de indización y resumen = abstracting and indexing service, indexing and abstracting service.
    * sistema automatizado de indización = computer-based indexing system.
    * sistema de indización = indexing system, index system.
    * Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda (DSIS) = Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS).
    * sistema de indización de fichas = card index system.
    * Sistema de Indización por Frases Anidadas (NEPHIS) = Nested Phrase Indexing System (NEPHIS).
    * sistema de indización postcoordinada = post-coordinate indexing system.
    * sistema de indización PRECIS = PRECIS indexing system.
    * sistema de indización precoordinada = pre-coordinate indexing system.
    * término de indización = indexing term.
    * término de indización controlado = controlled index term, controlled indexing term.
    * término del lenguaje de indización controlado = controlled index-language term.
    * vocabulario de indización controlado = controlled indexing vocabulary.
    * * *
    = index description, indexing, indexation.

    Ex: The translated subject analysis, either in form of words or code numbers, will constitute the index description of the document.

    Ex: The features which contribute to UDC's suitability for detailed indexing are particularly valued in special libraries.
    Ex: Furthermore, these results support the hypothesis that the indexation of images in French can be accomplished using the English terms and vice versa.
    * agencia de indización = indexing agency.
    * cadena de indización = index string, indexing string.
    * DSIS (Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda) = DISI (Deep Structure Indexing System).
    * exhaustividad en la indización = depth of indexing.
    * frase de indización = indexing phrase.
    * herramienta de indización = indexing tool.
    * indización alfabética = alphabetical indexing.
    * indización automática = automatic indexing.
    * indización automatizada = computer indexing.
    * indización canónica = canonical indexing.
    * indización cíclica = cycled indexing.
    * indización coordinada = coordinate indexing.
    * indización derivada automáticamente de los títulos = derivative indexing, derived indexing.
    * indización en cadena = chain indexing.
    * indización en lenguaje controlado = controlled-language indexing.
    * indización en lenguaje libre = free language indexing.
    * indización en lenguaje natural = natural language indexing.
    * indización en profundidad = depth indexing.
    * indización exhaustiva = depth indexing.
    * indización general = summarisation [summarization, -USA].
    * indización global = summarisation [summarization, -USA].
    * indización humana = human indexing.
    * indización manual = manual indexing.
    * indización mecanizada = machine indexing.
    * Indización Permutada de Materias basada en Postulados (POPSI) = Postulate-based Permuted Subject Indexing (POPSI).
    * indización permutada de títulos = permuted title indexing.
    * indización por ciclos = cyclic indexing.
    * indización por descriptores = descriptor indexing.
    * indización por materias = subject indexing.
    * indización por palabras clave = keyword indexing.
    * indización por palabras clave del título = catchword indexing, catchword title indexing.
    * indización por palabras del título = title-term indexing.
    * indización por rotación = rotated indexing.
    * indización postcoordinada = post-coordinated indexing.
    * indización PRECIS = PRECIS indexing.
    * indización precoordinada = pre-coordinated indexing.
    * indización según el objeto = entity-oriented indexing.
    * indización según la demanda = request-oriented indexing.
    * indización sistemática = systematic indexing.
    * indización SLIC = SLIC indexing.
    * lenguaje de indización = index language.
    * lenguaje de indización alfabética = alphabetical indexing language.
    * lenguaje de indización controlado = controlled indexing language.
    * lenguaje de indización libre = free indexing language.
    * lenguaje de indización natural = natural indexing language.
    * método de indización en cadena = chain procedure.
    * proceso de indización = indexing process.
    * revista de indización = indexing periodical.
    * servicio de indización de publicaciones periódicas = periodicals indexing service, periodicals indexing service.
    * servicio de indización y resumen = abstracting and indexing service, indexing and abstracting service.
    * sistema automatizado de indización = computer-based indexing system.
    * sistema de indización = indexing system, index system.
    * Sistema de Indización de Estructura Profunda (DSIS) = Deep Structure Indexing System (DSIS).
    * sistema de indización de fichas = card index system.
    * Sistema de Indización por Frases Anidadas (NEPHIS) = Nested Phrase Indexing System (NEPHIS).
    * sistema de indización postcoordinada = post-coordinate indexing system.
    * sistema de indización PRECIS = PRECIS indexing system.
    * sistema de indización precoordinada = pre-coordinate indexing system.
    * término de indización = indexing term.
    * término de indización controlado = controlled index term, controlled indexing term.
    * término del lenguaje de indización controlado = controlled index-language term.
    * vocabulario de indización controlado = controlled indexing vocabulary.

    * * *
    indexation

    Spanish-English dictionary > indización

  • 6 eingehend

    I Part. Präs. eingehen
    II Adj. nur attr.
    1. Post etc.: incoming
    2. (ausführlich) detailed; Bericht: auch full...; (gründlich) thorough; Artikel etc.: in-depth...; (sorgfältig) careful
    III Adv. in detail; (gründlich) thoroughly; in depth; (sorgfältig) carefully; sich eingehend mit etw. auseinander setzen oder befassen etc. auch look at s.th. from every angle
    * * *
    in detail; circumstantial; incoming; radical
    * * *
    ein|ge|hend
    1. adj
    (= ausführlich) detailed; (= gründlich) thorough; Bericht, Studien, Untersuchungen in-depth attr
    2. adv
    (= ausführlich) in detail; (= gründlich) thoroughly
    * * *
    ein·ge·hend
    [ˈainge:ənt]
    I. adj detailed
    ein \eingehender Bericht a detailed [or an exhaustive] report
    eine \eingehende Erörterung a lengthy discussion
    eine \eingehende Prüfung an exhaustive [or extensive] [or a thorough] test
    \eingehende Studien detailed [or in-depth] [or thorough] studies
    \eingehende Untersuchungen comprehensive surveys
    II. adv in detail
    \eingehend besprechen/diskutieren/erörtern to discuss at length
    \eingehend studieren to study thoroughly
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv detailed
    2.
    adverbial in detail
    * * *
    A. ppr → eingehen
    B. adj nur attr
    1. Post etc: incoming
    2. (ausführlich) detailed; Bericht: auch full …; (gründlich) thorough; Artikel etc: in-depth …; (sorgfältig) careful
    C. adv in detail; (gründlich) thoroughly; in depth; (sorgfältig) carefully;
    befassen etc auch look at sth from every angle
    * * *
    1.
    Adjektiv detailed
    2.
    adverbial in detail
    * * *
    adj.
    extensive adj.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > eingehend

  • 7 análisis

    m. s.&pl.
    1 analysis, inspection, investigation, examination.
    2 analysis, breakdown, dissection.
    3 assay.
    * * *
    1 analysis
    \
    análisis de orina urine test
    análisis de sangre blood test
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) test
    * * *
    SM INV
    1) (=examen) analysis; [detallado] breakdown
    2) (Econ)
    3) (Med, Quím, Fís)
    4) (Ling) analysis, parsing
    5) (Inform)
    * * *
    masculino (pl análisis) analysis
    * * *
    = analysis [analyses, -pl.], assessment, probing, review, breakdown, calibration, close look, post mortem [postmortem], overview, academic study, surveying, testing.
    Ex. The operation of investigating a whole with the aim of finding out its essential parts and their relationship to each other is known as analysis.
    Ex. However, although the subject may be the primary consideration in the assessment of relevance, subject is not the only factor that determines whether a user wishes to be alerted to the existence of a document.
    Ex. Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    Ex. The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex. When she arrived at her boss's office at the appointed time, she learned why she had been asked for the breakdown of her day's activities.
    Ex. This requires careful calibration of reader response and the use of as many quantitative indices as possible.
    Ex. The article has the title 'A close look at Dewey 18: alive and well and living in Albany'.
    Ex. Survey research is used to determine what kind of post mortem appraisals companies undertake concerning their abandoned information systems development projects.
    Ex. Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex. Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.
    Ex. The author describes one effort made to counter this trend, through the surveying of the records of a library and the identification of materials to be preserved.
    Ex. Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.
    ----
    * análisis bibliométrico = bibliometric analysis.
    * análisis cientométrico = scientometric analysis.
    * análisis cinematográfico = film analysis.
    * análisis cluster = cluster analysis.
    * análisis conceptual = conceptual analysis.
    * análisis crítico = critical eye, critical analysis.
    * análisis cualitativo = qualitative analysis.
    * análisis cuantitativo = quantitative analysis.
    * análisis de agrupamiento por cocitas = cocitation cluster analysis.
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * análisis de citas = citation analysis.
    * análisis de cocitas = cocitation analysis.
    * análisis de cocitas de autores = author co-citation analysis.
    * análisis de componentes principales = principal component(s) analysis.
    * análisis de contabilidad = financial analysis.
    * análisis de contenido = content analysis, conceptual analysis.
    * análisis de coocurrencia de términos = co-word analysis.
    * análisis de correlación = correlation analysis.
    * análisis de costes = cost analysis.
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * análisis de errores = error analysis.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * análisis de laboratorio = laboratory analysis.
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.
    * análisis del contenido = document analysis, subject analysis, content analysis.
    * análisis del discurso = discourse analysis.
    * análisis del rendimiento = performance analysis.
    * análisis de necesidades = needs analysis.
    * análisis de regresión múltiple = multiple regression analysis.
    * análisis de rendimiento = performance test.
    * análisis de riesgos = risk analysis, risk assessment, risk evaluation.
    * análisis de sangre = blood test.
    * análisis de sistemas = system(s) analysis.
    * análisis detallado = close examination.
    * análisis de tendencias = trend analysis.
    * análisis de una muestra representativa = cross-sectional analysis.
    * análisis de varianza (ANOVA) = analysis of variance (ANOVA).
    * análisis diagnóstico = diagnostic test.
    * análisis discriminante = discriminant analysis.
    * análisis documental = document analysis, subject analysis.
    * análisis escalar = scaling analysis.
    * análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis.
    * análisis espacial = spatial analysis.
    * análisis estadístico = statistical analysis.
    * análisis estadístico multivariante = multivariate statistical analysis.
    * análisis facetado = facet analysis.
    * análisis factorial = factor analysis.
    * análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].
    * análisis léxico = lexical analysis.
    * análisis literario = literary analysis.
    * análisis longitudinal = longitudinal analysis.
    * análisis más detallado = close attention.
    * análisis más minucioso = closer examination.
    * análisis minucioso = scrutiny, dissection, cross examination.
    * análisis morfológico = morphological analysis.
    * análisis multidimensional de clases = multidimensional cluster analysis.
    * análisis multidimensional escalar = multidimensional scaling analysis.
    * análisis multivariable = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.
    * análisis multivariante = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.
    * análisis municioso = close examination.
    * análisis por facetas = facet analysis.
    * análisis por género = gender analysis.
    * análisis químico = chemical analysis.
    * análisis sintáctico = syntactical analysis.
    * análisis topográfico = surveying.
    * análisis univariante = univariate test.
    * bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.
    * centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre.
    * lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.
    * modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.
    * nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].
    * programa de análisis de ficheros de transacciones = log analysis software.
    * realizar un análisis = conduct + analysis.
    * realizar un análisis factorial = factor-analyse [factor-analyze, -USA].
    * segundo análisis = re-examination [reexamination].
    * SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * unidad de análisis = unit of study.
    * XML (Lenguaje Extensible para el Análisis de Documentos) = XML (Extensible Markup Language).
    * * *
    masculino (pl análisis) analysis
    * * *
    = analysis [analyses, -pl.], assessment, probing, review, breakdown, calibration, close look, post mortem [postmortem], overview, academic study, surveying, testing.

    Ex: The operation of investigating a whole with the aim of finding out its essential parts and their relationship to each other is known as analysis.

    Ex: However, although the subject may be the primary consideration in the assessment of relevance, subject is not the only factor that determines whether a user wishes to be alerted to the existence of a document.
    Ex: Counselling requires much more time and in-depth probing, although it can at one extreme cover simply the act of lending a sympathetic ear to clients who, in externalizing their problems, may thus be better able to face them and arrive at a solution.
    Ex: The review is supported by a complete list of LIPs completed or in progess at Aug 88, followed by references to their reports.
    Ex: When she arrived at her boss's office at the appointed time, she learned why she had been asked for the breakdown of her day's activities.
    Ex: This requires careful calibration of reader response and the use of as many quantitative indices as possible.
    Ex: The article has the title 'A close look at Dewey 18: alive and well and living in Albany'.
    Ex: Survey research is used to determine what kind of post mortem appraisals companies undertake concerning their abandoned information systems development projects.
    Ex: Figure 16 on page 24 gives an overview of searching.
    Ex: Cyberculture is emerging as an interdisciplinary subject of academic study.
    Ex: The author describes one effort made to counter this trend, through the surveying of the records of a library and the identification of materials to be preserved.
    Ex: Attention has focussed on the labelling of foodstuffs and the testing and approval of food additives.
    * análisis bibliométrico = bibliometric analysis.
    * análisis cientométrico = scientometric analysis.
    * análisis cinematográfico = film analysis.
    * análisis cluster = cluster analysis.
    * análisis conceptual = conceptual analysis.
    * análisis crítico = critical eye, critical analysis.
    * análisis cualitativo = qualitative analysis.
    * análisis cuantitativo = quantitative analysis.
    * análisis de agrupamiento por cocitas = cocitation cluster analysis.
    * análisis de áreas del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * análisis de citas = citation analysis.
    * análisis de cocitas = cocitation analysis.
    * análisis de cocitas de autores = author co-citation analysis.
    * análisis de componentes principales = principal component(s) analysis.
    * análisis de contabilidad = financial analysis.
    * análisis de contenido = content analysis, conceptual analysis.
    * análisis de coocurrencia de términos = co-word analysis.
    * análisis de correlación = correlation analysis.
    * análisis de costes = cost analysis.
    * análisis de costes-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de costos-beneficios = cost-benefit analysis.
    * análisis de dominios del conocimiento = domain analysis.
    * análisis de errores = error analysis.
    * análisis de grupo = cohort analysis.
    * análisis de laboratorio = laboratory analysis.
    * análisis de la colección = collection analysis.
    * análisis de la coocurrencia de palabras = co-word analysis.
    * análisis del contenido = document analysis, subject analysis, content analysis.
    * análisis del discurso = discourse analysis.
    * análisis del rendimiento = performance analysis.
    * análisis de necesidades = needs analysis.
    * análisis de regresión múltiple = multiple regression analysis.
    * análisis de rendimiento = performance test.
    * análisis de riesgos = risk analysis, risk assessment, risk evaluation.
    * análisis de sangre = blood test.
    * análisis de sistemas = system(s) analysis.
    * análisis detallado = close examination.
    * análisis de tendencias = trend analysis.
    * análisis de una muestra representativa = cross-sectional analysis.
    * análisis de varianza (ANOVA) = analysis of variance (ANOVA).
    * análisis diagnóstico = diagnostic test.
    * análisis discriminante = discriminant analysis.
    * análisis documental = document analysis, subject analysis.
    * análisis escalar = scaling analysis.
    * análisis escalar de Guttman = Guttman scale analysis.
    * análisis espacial = spatial analysis.
    * análisis estadístico = statistical analysis.
    * análisis estadístico multivariante = multivariate statistical analysis.
    * análisis facetado = facet analysis.
    * análisis factorial = factor analysis.
    * análisis formal de documentos = markup [mark-up].
    * análisis léxico = lexical analysis.
    * análisis literario = literary analysis.
    * análisis longitudinal = longitudinal analysis.
    * análisis más detallado = close attention.
    * análisis más minucioso = closer examination.
    * análisis minucioso = scrutiny, dissection, cross examination.
    * análisis morfológico = morphological analysis.
    * análisis multidimensional de clases = multidimensional cluster analysis.
    * análisis multidimensional escalar = multidimensional scaling analysis.
    * análisis multivariable = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.
    * análisis multivariante = multivariate analysis, multivariate test.
    * análisis municioso = close examination.
    * análisis por facetas = facet analysis.
    * análisis por género = gender analysis.
    * análisis químico = chemical analysis.
    * análisis sintáctico = syntactical analysis.
    * análisis topográfico = surveying.
    * análisis univariante = univariate test.
    * bloque funcional de análisis de contenido = subject analysis block.
    * centro de análisis de la información = information analysis centre.
    * lenguaje para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup language.
    * modelo de análisis de costes = cost model.
    * nuevo análisis = reanalysis [reanalyses, -pl.].
    * programa de análisis de ficheros de transacciones = log analysis software.
    * realizar un análisis = conduct + analysis.
    * realizar un análisis factorial = factor-analyse [factor-analyze, -USA].
    * segundo análisis = re-examination [reexamination].
    * SGML (Lenguaje Estándar Universal para el Análisis Formal de Documentos) = SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language).
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos = markup code.
    * sistema para el análisis formal de documentos web = markup system.
    * superar un análisis minucioso = stand up to + scrutiny, stand up to + examination.
    * unidad de análisis = unit of study.
    * XML (Lenguaje Extensible para el Análisis de Documentos) = XML (Extensible Markup Language).

    * * *
    A (de una situación, un tema) analysis
    hizo un análisis del problema he analyzed o carried out an analysis of the problem
    Compuesto:
    análisis de costo-beneficio or ( Esp) coste-beneficio
    cost-benefit analysis
    B ( Med, Quím) analysis
    hacerse un análisis de orina/sangre to have a urine/blood test
    Compuestos:
    clinical analysis
    spectrum analysis
    organic analysis
    C ( Ling) analysis
    Compuestos:
    discourse analysis
    grammatical analysis
    syntactic analysis
    D ( Mat) analysis, calculus
    E ( Psic) analysis
    * * *

     

    análisis sustantivo masculino (pl

    hacerse un análisis de sangre to have a blood test
    análisis m inv
    1 analysis
    2 Med test: tengo que hacerme unos análisis, I have to have some tests done

    ' análisis' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    detenida
    - detenido
    - factorial
    - microscópica
    - microscópico
    - negativa
    - negativo
    - ponderación
    - positiva
    - positivo
    - sintética
    - sintético
    - citología
    - comentario
    - concienzudo
    - dar
    - estudio
    - lúcido
    English:
    analysis
    - blood test
    - breakdown
    - test
    - bear
    - blood
    - positive
    - right
    * * *
    análisis nm inv
    1. [de situación, problema] analysis;
    Com análisis del camino crítico critical path analysis; Esp Econ análisis coste-beneficio cost-benefit analysis; Econ análisis de costo-beneficio cost-benefit analysis;
    análisis cualitativo qualitative analysis;
    análisis cuantitativo quantitative analysis;
    Ling análisis del discurso discourse analysis;
    análisis de mercado market analysis
    2. [médico] analysis
    análisis clínico (clinical) test;
    análisis de orina urine test;
    análisis químico chemical analysis;
    3. Gram analysis
    análisis gramatical sentence analysis;
    análisis sintáctico syntactic analysis
    4. Informát analysis
    análisis de sistemas systems analysis
    5. Mat analysis
    6. Psi analysis
    * * *
    m inv analysis
    * * *
    : analysis
    * * *
    análisis n analysis [pl. analyses]

    Spanish-English dictionary > análisis

  • 8 examen

    m.
    1 exam, examination (ejercicio).
    aprobar un examen to pass an exam
    hacer un examen to do o take an exam
    poner un examen a alguien to set o give somebody an exam
    presentarse a un examen to sit an exam
    examen escrito written examination
    examen de ingreso entrance examination
    examen final final (exam)
    examen oral oral (exam)
    examen parcial end-of-term exam
    2 consideration, examination.
    someter a examen to examine
    hacer examen de conciencia to take a good look at oneself
    libre examen personal interpretation
    examen médico medical examination o check-up
    3 inspection, scrutiny, observation, perusal.
    4 interrogation, investigation.
    * * *
    1 examination, exam
    2 (estudio) consideration, examination, study
    \
    aprobar un examen to pass an exam
    hacer un examen to do an exam
    presentarse a un examen to take an exam, sit an exam
    examen de conciencia soul-searching
    examen de conducir driving test
    examen de ingreso entrance examination
    examen final final examination
    examen oral oral examination
    * * *
    noun m.
    1) examination, exam
    * * *
    SM
    1) (Escol) examination, exam

    hacer un examen — to sit o take an examination o exam

    presentarse a un examen — to enter for an examination o exam, go in for an examination o exam

    examen de conciencia, hacer examen de conciencia — to examine one's conscience

    examen parcial — (Univ) examination covering part of the course material in a particular subject

    2) (=estudio) [de problema] consideration; [de zona] search
    3) (Med) examination

    examen citológico — cervical smear, smear test, Pap test

    * * *
    1) (Educ) exam, examination (frml)

    examen oral/escrito — oral/written exam

    hacer or (CS) dar un examen — to take an exam

    aprobar or (esp AmL) pasar un examen — to pass an exam o a test

    presentarse a un examen — to take o (BrE) sit an exam

    2) (análisis, reconocimiento)
    •
    * * *
    = examination, inspection, exam, test, proof, close look, test session, question paper, achievement test, performance test, vetting.
    Ex. The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.
    Ex. Even where a catalogue or index to a collection is available, users do not always consult these tools, and may prefer to locate either individual documents, or documents with specific characteristics by inspection of the stock.
    Ex. Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex. The suppliers claim that tests show this to be sufficient for 980 of all entries.
    Ex. The catalogue has been automated since 1984, and further proof of the library's value and ability to move with the times are shown by its 8,400 plus individual members.
    Ex. The article has the title 'A close look at Dewey 18: alive and well and living in Albany'.
    Ex. A cognitive walkthrough consists of a re-enactment of a test session in which the user is queried about their movements and decisions throughout the test session.
    Ex. There is an old joke that examiners in economics need never set the candidates new question papers because the answers change every year = Existe una vieja broma que dice que los profesores de económicas nunca necesitan ponerle a los alumnos nuevas preguntas de examen ya que las respuestas cambian cada año.
    Ex. Stepchildren score lower than biological children on achievement tests and exhibit more behavior problems.
    Ex. The domains covered in the performance tests for the area of cosmetology were: hair cut, permanent wave, shampooing, wigs and hairpieces, skin care, hair conditioners (scalp and treatment), and manicuring.
    Ex. Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.
    ----
    * adquisición pendiente de examen y aceptación = on approval acquisition, sending on approbation, sending on approval.
    * a examen = under the microscope.
    * antes del examen = pretest [pre-test].
    * aprobar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * corrector de exámenes = examiner.
    * corregir exámenes = mark + exams.
    * después del examen = posttest [post-test].
    * examen crítico = critical examination.
    * examen de acceso a la licenciatura = Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
    * examen de área = area scanning.
    * examen de conciencia = soul-searching, self-examination.
    * examen de conducir = road test.
    * Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua (TOEFL) = TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
    * examen de ingreso = entrance exam(ination).
    * examen detallado = close examination.
    * examen de teoría = theory test.
    * examen diagnóstico = diagnostic test.
    * examen escrito = written examination.
    * examen estatal = public exam.
    * examen final = final, final exam.
    * examen más minucioso = closer examination.
    * examen médico = medical examination.
    * examen minucioso = close examination.
    * examen parcial = midterm [mid-term], midterm exam.
    * examen práctico = practical examination.
    * examen rápido = quiz form, quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * examen semanal = weekly quiz.
    * examen teórico = theory test.
    * examen tipo test = multiple choice test.
    * hacer un examen = take + test, sit + a paper, sit + an exam.
    * no presentado a examen = absent from exam.
    * preguntas de examen = question paper.
    * reexamen = re-examination [reexamination].
    * someter a examen = expose to + examination.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.
    * * *
    1) (Educ) exam, examination (frml)

    examen oral/escrito — oral/written exam

    hacer or (CS) dar un examen — to take an exam

    aprobar or (esp AmL) pasar un examen — to pass an exam o a test

    presentarse a un examen — to take o (BrE) sit an exam

    2) (análisis, reconocimiento)
    •
    * * *
    = examination, inspection, exam, test, proof, close look, test session, question paper, achievement test, performance test, vetting.

    Ex: The reputation of the information and its authority will be more exposed to examination.

    Ex: Even where a catalogue or index to a collection is available, users do not always consult these tools, and may prefer to locate either individual documents, or documents with specific characteristics by inspection of the stock.
    Ex: Some authors, of course, object to their work being subjected to compulsory dissection for exams in the traditional deadly manner and like Bernard Shaw, they swear to haunt anyone who so mistreats them (Shaw's ghost must be busy these days).
    Ex: The suppliers claim that tests show this to be sufficient for 980 of all entries.
    Ex: The catalogue has been automated since 1984, and further proof of the library's value and ability to move with the times are shown by its 8,400 plus individual members.
    Ex: The article has the title 'A close look at Dewey 18: alive and well and living in Albany'.
    Ex: A cognitive walkthrough consists of a re-enactment of a test session in which the user is queried about their movements and decisions throughout the test session.
    Ex: There is an old joke that examiners in economics need never set the candidates new question papers because the answers change every year = Existe una vieja broma que dice que los profesores de económicas nunca necesitan ponerle a los alumnos nuevas preguntas de examen ya que las respuestas cambian cada año.
    Ex: Stepchildren score lower than biological children on achievement tests and exhibit more behavior problems.
    Ex: The domains covered in the performance tests for the area of cosmetology were: hair cut, permanent wave, shampooing, wigs and hairpieces, skin care, hair conditioners (scalp and treatment), and manicuring.
    Ex: Criminal record checks have been an accepted form of pre-employment vetting for those with access to children for some years.
    * adquisición pendiente de examen y aceptación = on approval acquisition, sending on approbation, sending on approval.
    * a examen = under the microscope.
    * antes del examen = pretest [pre-test].
    * aprobar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * corrector de exámenes = examiner.
    * corregir exámenes = mark + exams.
    * después del examen = posttest [post-test].
    * examen crítico = critical examination.
    * examen de acceso a la licenciatura = Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
    * examen de área = area scanning.
    * examen de conciencia = soul-searching, self-examination.
    * examen de conducir = road test.
    * Examen de Inglés como Segunda Lengua (TOEFL) = TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
    * examen de ingreso = entrance exam(ination).
    * examen detallado = close examination.
    * examen de teoría = theory test.
    * examen diagnóstico = diagnostic test.
    * examen escrito = written examination.
    * examen estatal = public exam.
    * examen final = final, final exam.
    * examen más minucioso = closer examination.
    * examen médico = medical examination.
    * examen minucioso = close examination.
    * examen parcial = midterm [mid-term], midterm exam.
    * examen práctico = practical examination.
    * examen rápido = quiz form, quiz [quizzes, -pl.].
    * examen semanal = weekly quiz.
    * examen teórico = theory test.
    * examen tipo test = multiple choice test.
    * hacer un examen = take + test, sit + a paper, sit + an exam.
    * no presentado a examen = absent from exam.
    * preguntas de examen = question paper.
    * reexamen = re-examination [reexamination].
    * someter a examen = expose to + examination.
    * superar un examen = pass + examination, pass + an exam.
    * volver a hacer un examen = retake + an exam.

    * * *
    A ( Educ) exam, examination ( frml), test ( AmE)
    examen oral/escrito oral/written exam
    hacer or (CS) dar un examen to take an exam
    rendir examen ( frml); to take o ( BrE) sit an exam
    aprobar or ( esp AmL) pasar or (Ur) salvar un examen to pass an exam o a test
    nos puso un examen muy difícil he set us a very difficult exam
    no se presentó al examen she did not take o ( BrE) sit the exam
    Compuestos:
    entrance examination o test
    driving test, driver's test ( AmE)
    entrance examination o test
    ● examen de manejar or de manejo
    ( AmL) driving test, driver's test ( AmE)
    ( Méx) retake exam, makeup test ( AmE), resit ( BrE)
    final examination
    modular exam o test, end of term exam o test
    B
    (análisis, reconocimiento): efectuaron un detallado examen del área they carried out a detailed search of the area
    realizaron un minucioso examen de la situación they carried out an in-depth study of the situation
    someter algo a examen to subject sth to examination ( frml), to examine sth
    Compuestos:
    hacer un examen de conciencia to examine one's conscience
    medical examination, medical
    * * *

     

    examen sustantivo masculino
    a) (Educ) exam, examination (frml);

    ◊ examen de admisión entrance examination o test;

    examen parcial modular exam o test;
    hacer or (CS) dar un examen to take an exam;
    presentarse a un examen to take o (BrE) sit an exam;
    examen de ingreso entrance examination o test
    b) (estudio, investigación) examination;


    examen médico medical examination, medical
    examen sustantivo masculino examination, exam
    examen de conducir, LAm examen de manejar, driving test
    Med examen médico, checkup ➣ Ver nota en nota
    ¿Qué se puede hacer con un examen?
    • poner un examen, to set an exam
    •     presentarse a un examen, to sit an exam
    •     hacer un examen, to do an exam
    •     aprobar un examen, to pass an exam
    •     suspender un examen, to fail an exam
    ' examen' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    ambas
    - ambos
    - blanca
    - blanco
    - bobada
    - calificar
    - copiar
    - dejar
    - detallada
    - detallado
    - ejercicio
    - escrutinio
    - fácil
    - floja
    - flojo
    - hacer
    - lengua
    - N. P.
    - oposición
    - opositor
    - opositora
    - parcial
    - pasar
    - presentarse
    - prueba
    - punto
    - superar
    - suspender
    - temario
    - vigilar
    - víspera
    - acordeón
    - admisión
    - bochar
    - comprobación
    - corregir
    - dar
    - difícil
    - eliminatorio
    - escrito
    - evaluación
    - fregado
    - ingreso
    - ir
    - machacar
    - matar
    - observación
    - perder
    - pobre
    - poner
    English:
    breeze
    - catch out
    - cheat
    - crib
    - driving test
    - ease
    - entrance examination
    - exam
    - examination
    - fail
    - flub
    - flunk
    - flying
    - frown
    - get through
    - giveaway
    - grammar school
    - heart-searching
    - mark
    - medical
    - miserably
    - miss
    - mock
    - oral
    - paper
    - pass
    - qualifying
    - resit
    - review
    - sail through
    - score
    - scrape through
    - script
    - scrutiny
    - set
    - sit
    - soul-searching
    - stand
    - stand up
    - stiff
    - study
    - take
    - test
    - tough
    - check
    - debar
    - discourage
    - driving
    - first
    - grammar
    * * *
    examen nm
    1. [ejercicio] exam, examination;
    examen de inglés English exam;
    aprobar o Am [m5] pasar un examen to pass an exam;
    Esp
    suspender o Am [m5] reprobar un examen to fail an exam;
    hacer un examen to do o take an exam;
    poner un examen a alguien to set o give sb an exam;
    presentarse a un examen to take o Br sit an exam
    Esp examen de conducir driving test;
    examen escrito written exam;
    examen final final (exam);
    examen de ingreso entrance exam;
    Am examen de manejar driving test;
    examen oral oral (exam);
    examen parcial end-of-term exam
    2. [indagación] consideration, examination;
    después de un detallado examen, la policía descubrió la verdad after careful consideration of the facts, the police found out the truth;
    someter a examen to examine;
    hacer examen de conciencia to take a good look at oneself;
    libre examen personal interpretation
    examen médico medical examination o check-up
    * * *
    m
    1 test, exam
    2 MED examination
    3 ( análisis) study
    * * *
    1) : examination, test
    2) : consideration, investigation
    * * *
    examen n exam

    Spanish-English dictionary > examen

  • 9 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.

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    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

  • 11 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

  • 12 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

  • 13 profundum

    prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mare profundum et immensum,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 1, 1108:

    pontus,

    Verg. A. 5, 614:

    Acheron,

    Lucr. 3, 978:

    Danubius,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

    fornax,

    Ov. M. 2, 229:

    valles,

    Stat. Th. 10, 95:

    terrae foramen,

    Just. 24, 6, 9:

    atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

    Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

    vulnera,

    Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

    profundissimus libidinum gurges,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—
    2.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.
    a.
    In gen.:

    esse in profundo (aquae),

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

    maris,

    Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

    immensa ac profunda camporum,

    Just. 41, 1, 11.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

    profundo Vela dabit,

    Verg. A. 12, 263:

    vastum,

    Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

    summum,

    Ov. M. 2, 267:

    indomitum,

    id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

    pater ipse profundi,

    i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

    genitor profundi,

    Ov. M. 11, 202:

    Pamphylium,

    Col. 8, 16, 9:

    profundi imperium,

    Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—
    (β).
    In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

    Erebi nox,

    Verg. A. 4, 26:

    silvae,

    Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

    ursi villis profundioribus,

    Sol. 26.—
    2.
    Like altus, high ( poet.):

    caelum profundum,

    Verg. G. 4, 222:

    caelum,

    id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

    altitudo,

    Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—
    b.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

    altum caeli,

    Manil. 5, 719.—
    3.
    In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

    merum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 262.—
    4.
    Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

    Manes,

    Verg. G. 1, 243:

    Chaos,

    Val. Fl. 7, 401:

    Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

    Stat. Th. 1, 615:

    Juno, = Proserpina,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

    profundae libidines,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 81, 1:

    cupido imperii et divitiarum,

    id. H. 4, 61, 5:

    vitia animi,

    Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

    cupiditas confundendi omnia,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    securitas,

    Gell. 1, 15, 2:

    otium,

    Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

    profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

    Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

    caedes,

    Stat. Th. 10, 831:

    tempestas,

    id. Achill. 1, 45:

    gula,

    Suet. Vit. 13:

    venter,

    Curt. 10, 2, 26:

    immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

    i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

    scientia,

    Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

    cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

    App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

    in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

    id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—
    B.
    Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

    in profundo esse,

    to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—
    C.
    Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

    in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

    Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

    in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

    Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

    immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

    id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

    in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

    id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

    de profundis clamavi ad te,

    Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

    in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

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  • 14 profundus

    prŏ-fundus, a, um, adj., deep, profound, vast (class.; syn. altus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    mare profundum et immensum,

    Cic. Planc. 6, 15; Curt. 9, 4, 18:

    per inane profundum,

    Lucr. 1, 1108:

    pontus,

    Verg. A. 5, 614:

    Acheron,

    Lucr. 3, 978:

    Danubius,

    Hor. C. 4, 15, 21:

    fornax,

    Ov. M. 2, 229:

    valles,

    Stat. Th. 10, 95:

    terrae foramen,

    Just. 24, 6, 9:

    atque hiavit humus multa, vasta, et profunda,

    Sall. H. 4, 37 Dietsch:

    vulnera,

    Eum. Pan. Constant. 14.— Sup.:

    profundissimus libidinum gurges,

    Cic. Sest. 43, 93.—
    2.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., depth.
    a.
    In gen.:

    esse in profundo (aquae),

    Cic. Fin. 3, 14, 48 [p. 1460] 4, 23, 64:

    maris,

    Suet. Tib. 40; Ov. Hal. 84:

    immensa ac profunda camporum,

    Just. 41, 1, 11.—
    b.
    In partic.
    (α).
    The depths of the sea, the deep, the sea (class.): ex profundo molem ad caelum erigit, Att. ap. Cic. N. D. 2, 35, 89:

    jecissem ipse me potius in profundum, ut ceteros conservarem, quam, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 20, 45:

    profundo Vela dabit,

    Verg. A. 12, 263:

    vastum,

    Val. Fl. 8, 314; Sil. 4, 246:

    summum,

    Ov. M. 2, 267:

    indomitum,

    id. Tr. 1, 11, 39:

    pater ipse profundi,

    i.e. Neptune, Val. Fl. 2, 606:

    genitor profundi,

    Ov. M. 11, 202:

    Pamphylium,

    Col. 8, 16, 9:

    profundi imperium,

    Juv. 13, 49; Hor. C. 4, 4, 65; Ov. H. 18, 89; id. M. 5, 439; 11, 197.—
    (β).
    In comic. lang., an abyss, meaning the stomach, in a lusus verbb. with fundus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 79.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Thick, dense ( poet. and in post - class. prose):

    Erebi nox,

    Verg. A. 4, 26:

    silvae,

    Lucr. 5, 41; Curt. 7, 7, 4:

    ursi villis profundioribus,

    Sol. 26.—
    2.
    Like altus, high ( poet.):

    caelum profundum,

    Verg. G. 4, 222:

    caelum,

    id. E. 4, 51; id. A. 1, 58; Val. Fl. 7, 478:

    altitudo,

    Liv. 38, 23; Tac. A. 2, 61.—
    b.
    Subst.: prŏfundum, i, n., height:

    altum caeli,

    Manil. 5, 719.—
    3.
    In a great quantity, copious, unlimited, without stint ( poet.):

    merum,

    Stat. Th. 5, 262.—
    4.
    Of the underworld, infernal ( poet.):

    Manes,

    Verg. G. 1, 243:

    Chaos,

    Val. Fl. 7, 401:

    Juppiter, i. e. Pluto,

    Stat. Th. 1, 615:

    Juno, = Proserpina,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 1, 2.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Deep, bottomless, profound, boundless, immoderate (class.):

    profundae libidines,

    Cic. Pis. 21, 48:

    avaritia,

    Sall. J. 81, 1:

    cupido imperii et divitiarum,

    id. H. 4, 61, 5:

    vitia animi,

    Plin. 30, 2, 5, § 14:

    cupiditas confundendi omnia,

    Vell. 2, 125, 2:

    securitas,

    Gell. 1, 15, 2:

    otium,

    Nazar. Pan. Constant. 35:

    profundissimā pace florere (=summā),

    Mamert. Pan. Maxim. 14:

    caedes,

    Stat. Th. 10, 831:

    tempestas,

    id. Achill. 1, 45:

    gula,

    Suet. Vit. 13:

    venter,

    Curt. 10, 2, 26:

    immensusque ruit profundo Pindarus ore,

    i.e. with inexhaustible copiousness of expression, Hor. C. 4, 2, 7:

    scientia,

    Macr. S. 3, 2, 7:

    cum me somnus profundus in imum barathrum demergit,

    App. M. 2, p. 125 fin.:

    in profundam ruinam cupidinis se praecipitare,

    id. ib. 8, p. 202, 1.—
    B.
    Deep, obscure, unknown (post-Aug.):

    in profundo esse,

    to be unknown, Dig. 32, 15.—
    C.
    Subst.: prŏfun-dum, i, n., a depth, abyss (class.):

    in profundo veritatem penitus abstrudere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 10, 32:

    Democritus (dixit) in profundo veritatem esse demersam,

    id. ib. 1, 12, 44:

    in profundum ultimarum miseriarum abjectus,

    Val. Max. 2, 10, 6:

    immergere aliquem miserabiliter profundo cladium,

    id. 2, 6, 9, ext. 7:

    in profundum injuriarum et turpitudinis decidere,

    id. 2, 9, 1, ext. 2; cf.:

    de profundis clamavi ad te,

    Vulg. Psa. 129, 1.—Hence, adv.: prŏfun-dē, deeply (post-Aug.):

    in bibendo profundius nares mergere,

    Plin. 8, 42, 66, § 165; Vulg. Osee, 9, 9.

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  • 15 altitudo

    altĭtūdo, dĭnis, f. [altus], height or depth (cf. alo, p. a. init.).
    I.
    Height, altitude (syn.: altum, cacumen, culmen, vertex, apex).
    A.
    Lit.:

    altitudinem temperato,

    Cato, R. R. 22, 23:

    altitudo aedium,

    Cic. Off. 3, 16:

    montium,

    id. Agr. 2, 19; Vulg. Isa. 37, 24:

    in hac immensitate altitudinum,

    Cic. N. D. 1, 20:

    navis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 25:

    muri,

    Nep. Them. 6, 5:

    moenium,

    Tac. H. 3, 20; so absol.:

    fore altitudines, quas cepissent hostes (sc. montium),

    heights, Liv. 27, 18.—
    B.
    Trop., height, loftiness:

    elatio atque altitudo orationis,

    Cic. Brut. 17:

    fortunae et gloriae,

    id. Rab. Post. 16:

    animi,

    greatness of soul, nobleness of mind, id. Fam. 4, 13, 7; so Liv. 4, 6 fin.; Gell. 17, 2 et saep.—
    II.
    Depth (syn.: altum, profundum).
    A.
    Lit.:

    spelunca infinitā altitudine,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 48; so id. ib. 2, 5, 27; id. Div. 1, 43:

    fluminis,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 17:

    maris,

    id. ib. 4, 25:

    terrae,

    Vulg. Matt. 13, 5; ib. Marc. 4, 5:

    plagae,

    Cels. 7, 7, § 9.—
    B.
    Trop., depth, extent (eccl. Lat.):

    O altitudo divitiarum sapientiae et scientiae Dei,

    Vulg. Rom. 11, 33.—Spec., depth of soul, secrecy, reserve, Gr bathutês: exercenda est facilitas et altitudo animi, quae dicitur, i. e. a serenity or calmness that conceals the real feelings, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 88.—In mal. part.:

    ad simulanda negotia altitudo ingenii incredibilis,

    Sall. J. 95, 3:

    per illos dies egit altitudine animi,

    Tac. A. 3, 44; id. H. 4, 86:

    altitudines Satanae,

    deep plots, Vulg. Apoc. 2, 24.

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  • 16 darse a

    v.
    to devote oneself to, to apply oneself to, to give oneself to.
    * * *
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + Reflexivo + to
    Ex. It is true that post-coordinate indexing lends itself well to a depth indexing policy, to the statement of sub-themes in documents in addition to the main theme.
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + Reflexivo + to

    Ex: It is true that post-coordinate indexing lends itself well to a depth indexing policy, to the statement of sub-themes in documents in addition to the main theme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > darse a

  • 17 descenso

    m.
    1 descent.
    2 drop.
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3 downhill.
    4 relegation.
    5 demotion.
    6 descensus.
    * * *
    1 (acción) descent, lowering
    2 (de temperatura) drop, fall
    3 figurado (declive) decline, fall
    4 DEPORTE (de división) relegation; (en esquí) downhill race
    * * *
    noun m.
    2) drop, fall
    * * *
    SM
    1) [de temperatura, nivel, precio, demanda] fall, drop

    un descenso de la producción — a fall o drop in production

    un descenso en el número de escolares — a fall o drop in the number of pupils

    descenso térmico — fall o drop in temperature

    2) [de un lugar a otro] descent

    la prueba de descenso — (Dep) the downhill event

    3) [en orden, jerarquía] downgrading, demotion; (Dep) relegation
    4) (=pendiente) slope
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex. After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex. This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex. Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    ----
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.
    * * *
    1)
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop; ( de precios) fall

    el descenso en el número de accidentes — the fall o decrease in the number of accidents

    b) ( desde una altura) descent

    la carrera or prueba de descenso — the downhill

    2) (Dep) relegation
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lowering, spiral, dip, droop, downward spiral, fall, slump, downswing, descent, drawdown.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: The spiral begins its downward swirl very early in life when a child has difficulty learning to read.
    Ex: After the second grade, the growth rate in the number of articles read slows but continues to increase, with the exception of a dip at the fifth grade.
    Ex: This article describes a study undertaken in Brazil to investigate the phenomenon of the droop at the end of the graph demonstrating Bradford's law which corresponds to the journals of low productivity.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: The author discusses the current upswing in paperback sales of children's books in the USA and the slump in hardback sales.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The street-smart kid's descent into crime and heroin addiction is now too familiar a story.
    Ex: Commanders in Iraq have decided to begin the drawdown of U.S. forces in volatile Diyala province, marking a turning point in the U.S. military mission.
    * descenso de aguas bravas = rafting.
    * descenso de nivel = drawdown.
    * descenso en picado = swoop.
    * experimentar un descenso = experience + drop.

    * * *
    A
    1 (de la temperatura, del nivel) fall, drop; (de precios) fall
    el descenso del nivel de los embalses the drop in the level of the reservoirs
    ha habido un brusco descenso en los precios del crudo there has been a sharp fall in the price of crude oil
    el descenso en el número de accidentes the fall o decrease in the number of accidents
    iniciaremos el descenso en pocos minutos we shall begin our descent in a few minutes
    la carrera or prueba de descenso the downhill
    B ( Dep) relegation
    * * *

     

    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1
    a) (de temperatura, nivel) fall, drop;

    ( de precios) fall

    2 (Dep) relegation
    descenso sustantivo masculino
    1 descent: participamos en el descenso del río, we took part in the white water canoeing
    2 (de temperatura, precios) fall, drop
    3 Dep (de categoría) relegation
    ' descenso' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    baja
    - bajada
    - bajón
    - abrupto
    - agudo
    - brusco
    - caída
    - notorio
    - picada
    English:
    comedown
    - descent
    - dip
    - downhill
    - downturn
    - drop
    - fall
    - swoop
    - anticlimax
    - couple
    - decline
    - decrease
    - demotion
    - dive
    * * *
    1. [de una altura] descent;
    los ciclistas iniciaron el descenso the cyclists began the descent;
    sufrieron un accidente en el descenso they had an accident on the way down
    descenso de aguas bravas white water rafting;
    2. [de precio, temperatura, nivel] fall, drop;
    el fuerte descenso de las temperaturas the sharp drop in temperatures;
    la tasa de desempleo experimentó un espectacular descenso there was a spectacular drop in the unemployment rate;
    ir en descenso to be decreasing o on the decline
    3. [prueba de esquí] downhill
    4. [en competición deportiva] relegation;
    estar en las posiciones de descenso to be in the relegation zone
    * * *
    m
    1 de precio etc drop; de montaña, AVIA descent;
    la prueba de descenso en esquí the downhill (race o competition)
    2 DEP relegation
    * * *
    1) : descent
    2) baja, caída: drop, fall
    * * *
    1. (de temperatura, precios, etc) drop / fall
    2. (bajada) descent

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  • 18 disminución

    f.
    decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.
    * * *
    1 decrease, reduction
    \
    ir en disminución to diminish, decrease
    * * *
    noun f.
    decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    SF
    1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction
    2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall
    3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.
    Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.
    Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    ----
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.
    * * *
    a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall
    b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    c) ( al tejer) decreasing
    * * *
    = decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

    Ex: Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

    Ex: Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.
    Ex: There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.
    Ex: It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.
    Ex: It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.
    Ex: DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.
    Ex: Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.
    Ex: The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.
    Ex: He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.
    Ex: A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.
    Ex: This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.
    Ex: The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.
    Ex: There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.
    Ex: A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.
    Ex: The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.
    Ex: A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.
    Ex: Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.
    Ex: Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.
    Ex: Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.
    Ex: Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.
    * disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.
    * disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.
    * en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

    * * *
    1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall
    la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges
    la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population
    2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling
    una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest
    3 (al tejer) decreasing
    * * *

     

    disminución sustantivo femenino
    decrease, fall;
    ( de temperatura) drop;
    ( de tarifa) reduction
    disminución sustantivo femenino decrease, drop
    ' disminución' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    distensión
    English:
    decline
    - decrease
    - shrinkage
    - fall
    - slump
    * * *
    [de cantidad, velocidad, intensidad] decrease, decline (de in); [de precios, temperaturas] fall (de in); [de interés] decline, waning (de of);
    la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;
    una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;
    ir en disminución to be on the decrease
    * * *
    f decrease
    * * *
    disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall
    * * *
    disminución n fall / drop

    Spanish-English dictionary > disminución

  • 19 mover

    v.
    1 to move.
    el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer
    Ricardo movió el auto Richard moved the car.
    2 to shake (menear, agitar) (caja, sonajero).
    la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail
    el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail
    3 to do something about.
    4 to energize, to activate, to power.
    La gasolina mueve el auto Gasoline energizes the car.
    * * *
    (o changes to ue in stressed syllables)
    Present Indicative
    muevo, mueves, mueve, movemos, movéis, mueven.
    Present Subjunctive
    mueva, muevas, mueva, movamos, mováis, muevan.
    Imperative
    mueve (tú), mueva (él/Vd.), movamos (nos.), moved (vos.), muevan (ellos/Vds.).
    * * *
    verb
    5) stir
    * * *
    1. VT
    1) (=cambiar de posición)
    a) [+ objeto, mano, pierna] to move

    • mover a algn de algún sitio — to move sb from somewhere

    de aquí no nos mueve nadie — we're staying right here, we're not moving from here

    "no nos moverán" — "we shall not be moved"

    b) [en juegos] [+ ficha, pieza] to move
    2) (=agitar) to stir

    muévelo para que no se pegue — stir it o give it a stir so that it doesn't stick

    • mover la cabeza — [para negar] to shake one's head; [para asentir] to nod, nod one's head

    3) (Mec) (=accionar) [+ máquina] to work, power
    4) (=incitar)

    • mover a algn a algo — to move sb to sth

    • mover a algn a hacer algo — to prompt sb to do sth, move sb to do sth

    ¿qué fue lo que te movió a actuar de ese modo? — what prompted o moved you to act in that way?

    5) (=agilizar) [+ asunto, tema] to push; [+ trámite] to handle

    • mover una guerra contra algn — to wage war on sb

    • mover un pleito contra algn — to start proceedings against sb

    6) [+ dinero] to move, handle

    esta empresa mueve miles de millones anualmente — this company moves o handles thousands of millions each year

    7) * [+ droga] to push
    2. VI
    1) [en juegos] to move

    ¿con qué ficha has movido? — what piece have you moved?

    ¿a quién le toca mover? — whose move is it?

    2) (=incitar)

    • mover a algo, esta situación mueve a la risa — this situation makes you (want to) laugh

    3) (Bot) to bud, sprout
    3.
    See:
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move
    b) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to move
    c) ( agitar)

    movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head

    d) ( accionar) to drive
    e) ( manejar) < dinero> to handle
    f) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    ¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?

    2.
    mover vi
    1) (Jueg) to move
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity

    3.
    moverse v pron
    1)
    a) ( desplazarse) to move

    no te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move

    b) ( menearse) to move

    dejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about

    2)
    a) ( alternar) to move

    se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

    c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)
    * * *
    = shift, move, wiggle.
    Ex. In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.
    Ex. This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.
    Ex. I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.
    ----
    * el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.
    * estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
    * la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.
    * mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.
    * mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.
    * mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.
    * mover la cabeza = shake + head.
    * mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.
    * mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.
    * mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.
    * mover montañas = move + mountains.
    * moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.
    * moverse de aquí para allá = move about.
    * moverse en el sitio = shuffle.
    * moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.
    * no moverse = stay + put.
    * sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.
    * sin moverse del sitio = in place.
    * * *
    1.
    verbo transitivo
    1)
    a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move
    b) (Jueg) <ficha/pieza> to move
    c) ( agitar)

    movió la cabeza — ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head); ( negando) she shook her head

    d) ( accionar) to drive
    e) ( manejar) < dinero> to handle
    f) (fam) < droga> to push (colloq)
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    ¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? — what moved him to do that?

    2.
    mover vi
    1) (Jueg) to move
    2) (incitar, inducir)

    mover A algo: su situación mueve a la compasión — his predicament moves one to pity

    3.
    moverse v pron
    1)
    a) ( desplazarse) to move

    no te muevas de ahí — stay right where you are, don't move

    b) ( menearse) to move

    dejá de moverte — stop fidgeting, stop moving about

    2)
    a) ( alternar) to move

    se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel — she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail

    c) ( apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on (colloq)
    * * *
    = shift, move, wiggle.

    Ex: In general, then, a post-co-ordinate index is simpler to produce than a pre-co-ordinate index, because it shifts the responsibility for co-ordination of index terms to the searcher.

    Ex: This article describes a special dolly designed to move stack ranges easily and quickly using a minimum of labour.
    Ex: I have read that 'Spanish men are twice as likely to wiggle their ears as are women,' but don't know the trustworthiness of this statistic.
    * el dinero mueve al mundo = money makes the world go (a)round.
    * estar moviéndose en terreno seguro = be on secure ground.
    * la fe mueve montañas = faith will move mountains.
    * mover Algo = make + Nombre + spin.
    * mover el culo = shake + a leg, rattle + Posesivo + dags, get + a wiggle on, get off + Posesivo + ass, get off + Posesivo + arse.
    * mover el esqueleto = trip the light fantastic.
    * mover la cabeza = shake + head.
    * mover la cabeza de arriba abajo = bob.
    * mover la cabeza de forma brusca hacia delante y hacia atrás = jerk + head.
    * mover lateralmente = move from + side to side.
    * mover montañas = move + mountains.
    * moverse = shift about, get around, wiggle, wave.
    * moverse de aquí para allá = move about.
    * moverse en el sitio = shuffle.
    * moverse en terreno desconocido = be out of + Posesivo + depth, be in over + Posesivo + head.
    * moverse hacia atrás y hacia delante = move back and forth.
    * no moverse = stay + put.
    * sentarse sin moverse = sit + still.
    * sin moverse del sitio = in place.

    * * *
    mover [E9 ]
    vt
    A
    1 (trasladar, desplazar) to move
    2 ( Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move
    3
    (agitar): no muevas la cámara keep the camera still
    el viento movía las hojas de los árboles the wind shook the leaves on the trees
    está vivo, acaba de mover la mano he's alive, he just moved his hand
    movió la cabeza (asintiendo) he nodded (his head); (negando) she shook her head
    mueve la cola cuando está contento it wags its tail when it's happy
    4
    (accionar): el agua mueve la rueda del molino the water turns o drives the millwheel
    5 (manejar) ‹dinero› to handle
    la Bolsa movió casi 300 millones de pesos dealings on the Stock Market amounted to almost 300 million pesos, almost 300 million pesos were moved o handled on the Stock Market
    mueve enormes cantidades de dinero he handles huge amounts of money
    6 ( fam); ‹droga› to push ( colloq)
    B
    (incitar, inducir): actuó movida por razones políticas her actions were politically motivated
    mover a algn A algo:
    ¿qué lo movió a hacer eso? what moved o prompted him to do that?
    me preguntan qué me mueve a escribir este tipo de poema I am asked what it is that inspires o moves me to write this kind of poem
    aquellas imágenes los movían a compasión they were moved to pity by those pictures
    ■ mover
    vi
    A ( Jueg) to move
    te toca a ti, yo acabo de mover it's your turn, I've just moved
    B (incitar, inducir) mover A algo:
    su situación mueve a la compasión his predicament moves one to pity
    A
    1 (desplazarse) to move
    no me he movido de aquí en toda la tarde I haven't moved from here o I've been right here all afternoon
    no te muevas de ahí stay right where you are, don't move
    no pienso moverme de aquí hasta que me atiendan I have no intention of moving (from this spot) until I get some service
    ¡no te muevas! te voy a sacar una foto don't move o keep still! I'm going to take your photograph
    no puedo moverme, me duele todo I can't move, I ache all over
    aunque me ve tan ocupado ella no se mueve she can see I'm busy but she doesn't lift a finger to help ( colloq)
    deja de moverte, me estás poniendo nerviosa stop fidgeting, you're getting on my nerves
    no se le mueve un pelo durante la pelea he never has a hair out of place throughout the fight
    B
    1 (alternar) to move
    ella se mueve en las altas esferas she moves in high circles
    yo no me muevo en ese ambiente I don't move in those circles, that's not my scene ( colloq)
    2
    (hacer gestiones): si no te mueves no conseguirás encontrar piso if you don't get moving you'll never find an apartment ( colloq)
    se movió como loca para sacarlo de la cárcel she moved heaven and earth to get him out of jail
    3 (apresurarse) to hurry up, get a move on ( colloq)
    si no nos movemos, vamos a perder el tren if we don't hurry up o get a move on, we'll miss the train
    * * *

    mover ( conjugate mover) verbo transitivo
    1
    a) (trasladar, desplazar) to move

    b) (Jueg) ‹ficha/pieza› to move

    c) ( agitar):


    el viento movía los árboles the wind shook the trees;
    movió la cabeza ( asintiendo) he nodded (his head);

    ( negando) she shook her head;


    2 ( inducir):

    verbo intransitivo (Jueg) to move
    moverse verbo pronominal


    la lámpara se movía con el viento the lamp was moving o swaying in the wind

    mover verbo transitivo
    1 to move: movimos la mesa, we moved the table
    mover la cabeza, (afirmativamente) to nod
    (negativamente) to shake one's head
    2 (empujar, decidir) aquello me movió a viajar, that led me to travel
    le mueve la codicia, she's driven by greed
    no sabemos qué le movió a hacerlo, we don't know what made him do it
    3 (activar) to drive: el aire mueve las aspas, the wind drives the sails
    ' mover' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    arrancar
    - ayudar
    - bigote
    - cabecear
    - tocar
    - avanzar
    - dar
    - desplazar
    - echar
    - mueva
    - pala
    English:
    dart
    - displace
    - ease
    - flick
    - fly
    - get back
    - heave
    - hustle
    - jerk
    - manhandle
    - move
    - move back
    - pass
    - pound
    - prompt
    - pull
    - roll
    - run
    - shift
    - shoot
    - shovel
    - sideways
    - slink
    - sneak
    - softly
    - speed
    - spring
    - stick
    - stone
    - string
    - struggle
    - to
    - twitch
    - whip
    - whisk
    - wiggle
    - drive
    - furniture
    - jiggle
    - jog
    - man
    - mover
    - play
    - ply
    - stir
    * * *
    ♦ vt
    1. [desplazar, trasladar] to move (de/a from/to); [mecánicamente] to drive;
    el viento mueve las palas the wind drives o turns the blades;
    Informát
    mover un fichero to move a file;
    mover una ficha [en juegos] to move a counter;
    el fútbol profesional mueve mucho dinero a lot of money changes hands in the world of professional soccer;
    ese cantante mueve masas huge numbers of people go to see that singer wherever he performs;
    Esp
    mover ficha: ahora le toca al gobierno mover ficha it's the government's move, it's the government's turn to make the next move
    2. [menear, agitar] [caja, sonajero] to shake;
    [bandera] to wave;
    movía las caderas she was wiggling o swinging her hips;
    la vaca movía la cola the cow was swishing its tail;
    el perro movía la cola the dog was wagging its tail;
    mover la cabeza [afirmativamente] to nod;
    [negativamente] to shake one's head;
    muévelo bien [removiéndolo con cucharilla] stir it well;
    [agitándolo con las manos] shake it well
    3. [impulsar]
    mover a alguien a hacer algo to make sb do sth, to prompt sb to do sth;
    ¿qué te movió a hacerlo? what made you do it?, what prompted you to do it?;
    eso fue lo que nos movió a la huelga that was what made us strike o prompted us to strike;
    sólo la mueve la ambición she is driven solely by ambition;
    mover a alguien a compasión to move sb to pity
    4. [hacer trámites con] to do something about;
    hay muchos interesados en mover este asunto there are several people who are interested in doing something about this issue
    ♦ vi
    1. [en ajedrez, damas, juego de mesa] to move;
    tú mueves it's your move
    2. [provocar]
    su triste mirada movía a compasión her sad gaze made you feel pity for her
    * * *
    v/t
    1 move
    2 ( agitar) shake
    3 ( impulsar, incitar) drive
    * * *
    mover {47} vt
    1) trasladar: to move, to shift
    2) agitar: to shake, to nod (the head)
    3) accionar: to power, to drive
    4) inducir: to provoke, to cause
    5) : to excite, to stir
    * * *
    mover vb to move

    Spanish-English dictionary > mover

  • 20 prestarse a

    v.
    1 to lend oneself to.
    2 to offer to, to offer oneself to.
    Ellos ofrecen limpiar They offer to clean.
    3 to lend itself to.
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + Reflexivo + to
    Ex. It is true that post-coordinate indexing lends itself well to a depth indexing policy, to the statement of sub-themes in documents in addition to the main theme.
    * * *
    (v.) = lend + Reflexivo + to

    Ex: It is true that post-coordinate indexing lends itself well to a depth indexing policy, to the statement of sub-themes in documents in addition to the main theme.

    Spanish-English dictionary > prestarse a

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