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  • 1 brevi

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

    brevior via,

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

    via brevis,

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

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

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

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

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

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

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

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

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

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

    quo brevius valent,

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

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

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

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

    fila vitae breviora,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

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

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

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

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

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

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

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

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

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

    brevia litorum,

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

    breve,

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

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

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

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

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

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

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

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

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

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

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

    occasio,

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

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

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

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

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

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

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

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

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

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

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

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

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

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

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

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

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

    flores rosae,

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

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

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

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

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

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

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

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

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

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

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

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

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

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

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

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

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

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

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

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

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

    brevi deinde,

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

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

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

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

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

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

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

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

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

    narratio,

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

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

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

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

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

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

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

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

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

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

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

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

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

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

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

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

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

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

    in brevi,

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

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

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

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

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

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

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

    brevis nominum,

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

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

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

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

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

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

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

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

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

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

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

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

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

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

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

    folia breviora,

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

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

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

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

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

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

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

    parvo brevius quam totus,

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

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

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

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

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

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

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

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

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

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

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

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > brevi

  • 2 breve

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

    brevior via,

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

    via brevis,

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

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

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

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

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

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

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

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

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

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

    quo brevius valent,

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

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

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

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

    fila vitae breviora,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

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

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

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

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

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

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

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

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

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

    brevia litorum,

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

    breve,

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

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

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

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

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

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

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

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

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

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

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

    occasio,

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

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

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

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

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

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

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

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

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

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

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

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

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

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

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

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

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

    flores rosae,

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

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

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

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

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

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

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

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

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

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

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

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

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

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

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

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

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

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

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

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

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

    brevi deinde,

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

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

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

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

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

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

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

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

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

    narratio,

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

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

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

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

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

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

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

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

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

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

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

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

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

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

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

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

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

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

    in brevi,

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

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

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

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

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

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

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

    brevis nominum,

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

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

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

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

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

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

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

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

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

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

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

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

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

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

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

    folia breviora,

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

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

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

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

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

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

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

    parvo brevius quam totus,

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

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

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

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

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

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

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

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

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

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

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

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > breve

  • 3 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

  • 4 brevis

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

    brevior via,

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

    via brevis,

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

    cursus brevissimus,

    Verg. A. 3, 507:

    brevius iter,

    Ov. P. 1, 4, 32:

    cursu brevissimus Almo,

    id. M. 14, 329:

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

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

    also brevis unda, opp. latum mare,

    id. ib. 19, 141 and 142:

    non Asiam brevioris aquae disterminat usquam fluctus ab Europā,

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

    brevissima terra,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 69, 2:

    in Euboico scopulus brevis emicat altō Gurgite,

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

    brevibus Gyaris,

    Juv. 1, 73:

    scis In breve te cogi (sc. libellum),

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

    quo brevius valent,

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

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

    Cic. Arch. 11, 28; cf.:

    vitae brevis cursus, gloriae sempiternus,

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est,

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

    fila vitae breviora,

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

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

    Cic. de Or. 2, 60, 245:

    ut statura breves in digitos eriguntur,

    Quint. 2, 3, 8:

    forma,

    Ov. M. 5, 457:

    (puella) longa brevisque,

    id. Am. 2, 4, 36:

    brevis corpore,

    Suet. Galb. 3;

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

    Ov. M. 9, 789.—

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

    lower, Liv. 21, 35, 11:

    brevior ilex,

    Sen. Herc. Oet. 1641:

    mus,

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

    puteus,

    Juv. 3, 226:

    vada,

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

    tris Eurus ab alto In brevia et syrtis urget,

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

    brevia litorum,

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

    breve,

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

    brevia, in quibus volutatur, incerta, ancipitia,

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

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

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

    of similar orbits, of stars: absides breviores,

    Plin. 2. 15, 13, §

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

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

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

    Plaut. Am. 1, 3, 51:

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    id. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    brevis hora,

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

    occasio,

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

    brevis hic est fructus homulleis,

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

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

    Inscr. Orell. 558:

    omnia brevia tolerabilia esse debent,

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

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

    Sall. C. 1, 3; so,

    vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam,

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

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

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

    brevissimum tempus,

    id. 5, 6, 7:

    detrimentum,

    Quint. 11, 1, 10:

    arbitrium mortis,

    Tac. A. 15, 60:

    breves populi Romani amores,

    id. ib. 2, 41:

    tempus,

    Suet. Ner. 20 al.:

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

    Cat. 5, 5:

    fructus,

    Lucr. 3, 914:

    aevum,

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

    anni,

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 22:

    ver,

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

    flores rosae,

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

    lilium,

    id. ib. 1, 36, 16:

    cena,

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

    mensa,

    id. A. P. 198:

    dominus,

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

    stultitia,

    id. ib. 4, 12, 27:

    ira furor brevis est,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 62:

    actio brevis atque concisa,

    Quint. 6, 4, 2:

    somnus,

    Sen. Troad. 441:

    nec gratius quicquam decore nec brevius,

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

    domus,

    Sen. Hippol. 762:

    fortuna,

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

    brevius visum urbana crimina incipi, quorum obvii testes erant,

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

    inque brevi spatio mutantur saecla animantum,

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

    in multo breviore temporis spatio,

    id. Aug. 22:

    multa brevi spatio simulacra geruntur,

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

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    res publica per vos brevi tempore jus suum recuperabit,

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

    sic ille affectus, brevi postea est mortuus,

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

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

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

    brevi deinde,

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

    fama tanti facinoris per omnem Africam brevi divolgatur,

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

    mirantur tam brevi rem Romanam crevisse,

    Liv. 1, 9, 9:

    brevi omnia subegit,

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

    illa brevi spatio silet,

    id. ib. 7, 307; so,

    * breve,

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

    ad breve quoddam tempus,

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

    narratio,

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

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

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

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

    id. Fin. 4, 18, 48:

    quam falsa re! quam brevia responsu!

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

    Homerus brevem eloquentiam Menelao dedit,

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

    breviores commentarii,

    Quint. 3, 8, 58:

    annotatio,

    id. 10, 7, 31:

    brevia illa atque concisa,

    id. 10, 7, 10; so,

    sententiae,

    id. 10, 1, 60:

    causae,

    id. 6, 1, 8:

    docendi compendia,

    id. 1, 1, 24:

    comprehensiones,

    id. 12, 2, 19:

    quod ut brevissimo pateat exemplo,

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

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

    Cic. Inv. 1, 20, 38:

    brevior in scribendo,

    id. Att. 5, 6, 2:

    brevis esse laboro, Obscurus fio,

    Hor. A. P. 25:

    in eloquendo brevis,

    Quint. 10, 1, 63:

    densus et brevis et semper instans sibi Thucydides,

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

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

    Charis. p. 176 P.:

    id percurram brevi,

    Cic. Caecin. 32, 94:

    aliquid explicare,

    id. Planc. 40, 95 Wund.:

    circumscribere et definire,

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

    complecti,

    id. de Or. 1, 42, 190:

    exponere,

    id. ib. 1, 46, 203:

    reprehendere,

    id. Inv. 1, 9, 12:

    reddere,

    id. Leg. 2, 14, 34:

    respondere,

    id. Fam. 3, 8, 1:

    perscribere,

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

    in brevi,

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

    quid scribam? breve faciam,

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

    longum est ea dicere, sed hoc breve dicam,

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

    in breve coactae causae,

    Liv. 39, 47, 5; cf.:

    in breve coactio causae,

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

    brevis nominum,

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

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

    Hor. A. P. 251:

    a brevis, gre brevis, faciet tamen longam priorem,

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

    dactylus, qui est e longā et duabus brevibus,

    Cic. Or. 64, 217 sq.:

    in fine pro longā accipi brevem,

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

    plurimum habent celeritatis breves,

    id. 9, 4, 91.—

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

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

    exigua pars brevisque,

    Lucr. 5, 591:

    Canidia brevibus implicata viperis,

    Hor. Epod. 5, 15:

    Alecto brevibus torquata colubris,

    Ov. H. 2, 119:

    brevi latere ac pede longo est,

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

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

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

    parvae alvi): mus,

    Ov. F. 2, 574:

    forma (sc. pueri in stellionem mutati),

    id. M. 5, 457.—

    So, lapathi herba,

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

    folia breviora,

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

    census,

    id. C. 2, 15, 13:

    pondus,

    id. S. 2, 2, 37:

    impensa,

    Ov. H. 7, 188 Ruhnk.:

    sigillum,

    id. M. 6, 86:

    insulae,

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

    offulae,

    id. 1, 29, 4:

    pantheris in candido breves macularum oculi,

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

    breve in exiguo marmore nomen ero,

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

    parvo brevius quam totus,

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

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

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

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

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

    sed breviter paucis praestat comprendere multa,

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

    rem totam breviter cognoscite,

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

    summatim breviterque describere,

    id. Or. 15, 50:

    breviter tangere,

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

    breviter et modice disserere,

    Sall. J. 111, 1:

    adicere aliquid,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Or. 48, 159.

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  • 5 spatium

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

    Finibus exemptis,

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

    locus ac spatium, quod inane vocamus,

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

    per totum caeli spatium diffundere sese (solis lux),

    id. 4, 202; cf.:

    tres pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas,

    Verg. E. 3, 105:

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

    Caes. B. G. 1, 38:

    temporibus rerum et spatiis locorum animadversis,

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

    quod spatium non esset agitandi,

    Nep. Eum. 5, 4:

    spatium loci,

    Quint. 8, 3, 84:

    spatio distante,

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

    siderum genus spatiis immutabilibus ab ortu ad occasum commeans,

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

    magno spatio paucis diebus confecto,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 29:

    itineris spatium,

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

    viae spatium,

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

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

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

    alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus Adversi spatiis,

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

    hic locus aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque aberat,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 43:

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

    id. B. C. 3, 92:

    cum Viridorix contra eum duum milium spatio consedisset,

    id. B. G. 3, 17:

    magnum spatium abesse,

    id. ib. 2, 17:

    quo tanta machinatio ab tanto spatio institueretur?

    id. ib. 2, 30:

    tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire,

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

    jamque tenebat Nox medium caeli spatium,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 101:

    illi medio in spatio chorus Occurrit,

    Verg. A. 10, 219:

    dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum, etc.,

    Nep. Eum. 9, 1:

    spatium discrimina fallit,

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

    dum spatium victi considerat hostis (serpentis),

    Ov. M. 3, 95:

    elephantis,

    Luc. 9, 732:

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

    id. ib. 3, 195:

    breve lateris,

    Juv. 6, 503; cf.:

    quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem,

    Plin. 7, 17, 17, § 77:

    spatia montis,

    id. 35, 1, 1, § 2:

    spatium admirabile rhombi,

    very large, Juv. 4, 39:

    vasti corporis,

    Sen. Hippol. 806:

    plantae Herculis,

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

    in spatium,

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

    urbs delubris distincta spatiisque communibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 26, 41:

    templaque et innumeris spatia interstincta columnis,

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

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

    Cic. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    spatia silvestria,

    id. ib. 1, 5, 15:

    orator ex Academiae spatiis,

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

    Academiae non sine causā nobilitata spatia,

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

    ille actus habenā Curvatis fertur spatiis,

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

    sicut fortis equus, spatio qui saepe supremo Vicit Olympia,

    Enn. Ann. 18, 22:

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

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83:

    amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 9:

    cum carceribus sese effudere quadrigae, Addunt in spatia,

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

    hic ad Elei metas et maxuma campi Sudabit spatia,

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

    tritumque relinquunt Quadrijugi spatium,

    Ov. M. 2, 168; cf.:

    equi Pulsabant pedibus spatium declivis Olympi,

    id. ib. 6, 487:

    abstulere me velut de spatio Graeciae res immixtae Romanis,

    Liv. 35, 40, 1:

    nobilis equos cursus et spatia probant,

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

    Phocus in interius spatium pulchrosque recessus Cecropidas ducit,

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

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

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

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

    Cic. Mur. 34, 70:

    septem spatiis circo meruere coronam,

    Ov. Hal. 68:

    (agitatores) septimo spatio palmae appropinquant,

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

    spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 18:

    spatium praeteriti temporis,

    Cic. Arch. 1, 1:

    quantum fuit diei spatium,

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

    annuum spatium,

    id. B. C. 3, 3:

    annuum, menstruum, diurnum, nocturnum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 26, 39:

    dierum triginta,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 39, § 96:

    parvo dilexit spatio Minoida Theseus,

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

    spatio brevi,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 6:

    in brevi spatio mutantur secla animantum,

    Lucr. 2, 77; so,

    in brevi spatio,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 2:

    aliquid longo spatio tenere,

    Cic. Off. 2, 23, 81:

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

    id. Rab. Perd. 2, 6:

    hoc interim spatio conclave illud concidisse,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 353:

    spatia annorum,

    Prop. 3 (4), 21, 31:

    spatium juventae Transire,

    Ov. M. 15, 225:

    illa dies... incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi,

    id. ib. 15, 874:

    post sexagesimum vitae spatium,

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

    neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat,

    Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 14:

    nisi tempus et spatium datum sit,

    Cic. Quint. 1, 4:

    irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare,

    Liv. 8, 32:

    ubicumque datum erat spatium solitudinis,

    Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 55:

    quantum spatii nobis datur,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 252:

    tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,

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

    spatium pro munere posco,

    Ov. R. Am. 277:

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

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

    breve spatium'st perferundi quae minitas mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 5, 85:

    ut Ne esset spatium cogitandi ad disturbandas nuptias,

    Ter. And. 1, 2, 11:

    quam longum spatium amandi amicam tibi dedi!

    id. Hec. 4, 4, 62:

    dare alicui spatium ad se colligendum,

    Cic. Caecin. 2, 6:

    ad scribendum,

    id. Fam. 15, 17, 1:

    pila in hostes coniciendi,

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

    nec fuit spatium ad contrahenda castra,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 40:

    cum erit spatium, utrumque praestabo,

    Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1:

    si spatium ad dicendum habuissemus,

    id. Verr. 1, 18, 56:

    spatium sumamus ad cogitandum,

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

    sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant,

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

    vix explicandi ordines spatium Etruscis fuit,

    Liv. 2, 46, 3:

    spatium Vitellianis datum refugiendi,

    Tac. H. 2, 25.—Rarely with dat.:

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

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

    quosdam (morbos) post sexagesimum vitae spatium non accidere,

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

    trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus,

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

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

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

    ut eadem spatia quinque stellae dispari motu cursuque conficiant,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 45, 178:

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

    Plaut. Stich. 1, 2, 14:

    prope jam excurso spatio,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 6:

    te vero, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur,

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

    quemadmodum simus in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti,

    id. Brut. 90, 307:

    currenti spatium praemonstra,

    Lucr. 6, 93:

    pede inoffenso spatium decurrere vitae,

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

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  • 6 spatium

    spatium, iī, n. (zu Wz. *spe(i) –, sich ausdehnen; vgl. altind. sphāyati, nimmt zu, ahd. spuot, das Gelingen, spuon, von statten gehen, gelingen), der Raum, als Ausdehnung nach Länge u. Breite, I) eig. (u. bildl.): A) im allg.: spatia locorum, Caes.: caeli spatium, Verg., totum caeli sp., Lucr.: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet, Caes.: spatium non est agitandi (equos), Nep.: iam tamen ad impetum capiendum, equiti utique, modicum erat spatium, Liv.: laxum spatium res magna desiderat, Sen.: nam quo squamigeri poterunt procedere tandem, ni spatium dediderint latices? Lucr.: protinus certe recesserunt spatio libero dato, Curt. – B) insbes., der bestimmt zwischen zwei Gegenständen gedachte Raum, 1) die Weite, u. zwar: a) die Weite = der Zwischenraum, die Entfernung, paribus spatiis intermissae trabes, gleichweit abstehende B., Caes.: aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque abesse, Caes.: ab tanto spatio, in so großer Entfernung, Caes.: neve spatium viae te terreat, accipe currus, die Weite, Ov. – b) die Weite = der Umfang, die Größe, Länge, victi hostis, Ov.: oris et colli, Ov.: spatium admirabile rhombi, eine wunderbar große Butte, Iuven.: quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem, id esse passis manibus inter longissimos digitos, Länge, Plin.: trahere aures in spatium, in die Länge, Ov.: fugit in spatium, flieht geradeaus, sucht das Weite (Ggstz. redit in gyrum), Ov. – 2) die Strecke, die jmd. zu durchgehen, zu durchlaufen hat, a) übh., die Strecke, Wegstrecke, Bahn, longum sp. itineris, Caes.: duûm milium sp., Caes.: ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, Liv.: dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum etc., Nep.: incredibili celeritate magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Caes.: nec lapis spatium evasit totum, Ov.: eadem spatia quinque stellae conficiunt, Cic. – profunda altitudo nullis inquirentium spatiis penetrabilis, v.d. Maßleine am Senkbeil, Tac. – b) die Bahn der Wettrennenden, α) die zurückzulegende Strecke, der Umlauf, singulos missus a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit, Suet.: cum septimo spatio palmae appropinquant, Sen.: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, Sen.: spatia corripere, den Lauf beschleunigen Verg.: ebenso addere in spatia, Lauf an Lauf fügen, Verg. – bildl., quasi decurso spatio, Cic.: aetatis od. vitae spatium decurrere, den Lebenslauf vollenden, Plaut. u. Ov.: mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas insequitur, der mir an Alter näher kommt, Verg. – β) die ganze Bahn, Rennbahn (griech. στάδιον), sp. declivis Olympi, Ov.: nobiles equos cursus et spatia probant, Tac. dial. – bildl., deflexit iam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo maiorum, ist aus ihrer Bahn u. ihrem Geleise gewichen, Cic. – c) der Spaziergang, α) als Strecke, der Gang, duobus spatiis tribusve factis, Cic.: ut in extremis spatiis subsultim decurreret, Suet. – β) als Ort, der Spazierplatz, Gang, spatia silvestria, Cic.: spatia Academiae, Cic.: spatia communia, Cic. – II) übtr., v. der Zeit, A) im allg.: a) der Zeitabschnitt, Zeitraum, die Zeit, tempore ac spatio, Tac.: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Caes.: sp. praeteriti temporis, Cic.: annuum, Cic.: dierum triginta, Cic.: tam longo spatio, Cic.: spatio brevi, Hor.: in brevi spatio, Ter.: hoc interim spatio, in dieser Zwischenzeit, Cic.: post sexagesimum vitae spatium, nach dem 60. Jahre, Plin.: mori iussis non amplius quam horarum spatium dedit, Suet. – b) emphatisch, die Dauer, Länge der Zeit, spatio pugnae defatigati, durch die Dauer des K., Caes.: arbor spatio durata, durch die Länge der Zeit, Ov.: spatia annorum (die Länge der Jahre) lenibunt vulnera nostra, Prop. – B) insbes.: 1) die für eine Tätigkeit usw. bestimmte Zeit, Frist, Muße, Gelegenheit, nisi tempus et spatium datum sit, Cic.: pugnae spatium dare, eine Pause im K. eintreten lassen, Curt.: spatium animo dare, sich Zeit zur Überlegung gönnen, Curt.: irae spatium dare, dem Zorne Raum geben (= den Z. austoben, verrauchen lassen), Liv. u. Sen.: irae spatium et consilio tempus dare, Liv.: daret malorum paenitentiae, daret bonorum consensui spatium, er möchte den Schlechten Zeit zur Reue, den Guten Zeit zur Vereinigung geben, Tac.: quom prius quam intereo spatium ulciscendi danunt (= dant), Pacuv. fr.: ut spatium pila in hostes coniciendi non daretur, Caes.: si mihi aliquid spatii ad scribendum darent, Cic.: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, gestattete die Zeit, Ter.: spatium habere ad dicendum, Cic.: spatio sumpto, Liv.: spatium sumamus ad cogitandum, Cic.: spatio ad colloquendum sumpto, Liv.: sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant, Caes.: ne properes, ora; spatium pro munere posco, Ov. – 2) das metrische od. rhetor. Zeitmaß, Cic. or. 193. Quint. 1, 5, 18 u.a.

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  • 7 spatium

    spatium, iī, n. (zu Wz. *spe(i) –, sich ausdehnen; vgl. altind. sphāyati, nimmt zu, ahd. spuot, das Gelingen, spuon, von statten gehen, gelingen), der Raum, als Ausdehnung nach Länge u. Breite, I) eig. (u. bildl.): A) im allg.: spatia locorum, Caes.: caeli spatium, Verg., totum caeli sp., Lucr.: reliquum spatium, quā flumen intermittit, mons continet, Caes.: spatium non est agitandi (equos), Nep.: iam tamen ad impetum capiendum, equiti utique, modicum erat spatium, Liv.: laxum spatium res magna desiderat, Sen.: nam quo squamigeri poterunt procedere tandem, ni spatium dediderint latices? Lucr.: protinus certe recesserunt spatio libero dato, Curt. – B) insbes., der bestimmt zwischen zwei Gegenständen gedachte Raum, 1) die Weite, u. zwar: a) die Weite = der Zwischenraum, die Entfernung, paribus spatiis intermissae trabes, gleichweit abstehende B., Caes.: aequo fere spatio ab castris utrisque abesse, Caes.: ab tanto spatio, in so großer Entfernung, Caes.: neve spatium viae te terreat, accipe currus, die Weite, Ov. – b) die Weite = der Umfang, die Größe, Länge, victi hostis, Ov.: oris et colli, Ov.: spatium admirabile rhombi, eine wunderbar große Butte, Iuven.: quod sit homini spatium a vestigio ad verticem, id esse passis manibus inter longissimos digitos, Länge, Plin.: trahere aures in spatium, in die Länge, Ov.: fugit in spatium,
    ————
    flieht geradeaus, sucht das Weite (Ggstz. redit in gyrum), Ov. – 2) die Strecke, die jmd. zu durchgehen, zu durchlaufen hat, a) übh., die Strecke, Wegstrecke, Bahn, longum sp. itineris, Caes.: duûm milium sp., Caes.: ingens die uno cursu emetiens spatium, Liv.: dimidium fere spatium confecerat, cum etc., Nep.: incredibili celeritate magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Caes.: nec lapis spatium evasit totum, Ov.: eadem spatia quinque stellae conficiunt, Cic. – profunda altitudo nullis inquirentium spatiis penetrabilis, v.d. Maßleine am Senkbeil, Tac. – b) die Bahn der Wettrennenden, α) die zurückzulegende Strecke, der Umlauf, singulos missus a septenis spatiis ad quina corripuit, Suet.: cum septimo spatio palmae appropinquant, Sen.: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, Sen.: spatia corripere, den Lauf beschleunigen Verg.: ebenso addere in spatia, Lauf an Lauf fügen, Verg. – bildl., quasi decurso spatio, Cic.: aetatis od. vitae spatium decurrere, den Lebenslauf vollenden, Plaut. u. Ov.: mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas insequitur, der mir an Alter näher kommt, Verg. – β) die ganze Bahn, Rennbahn (griech. στάδιον), sp. declivis Olympi, Ov.: nobiles equos cursus et spatia probant, Tac. dial. – bildl., deflexit iam aliquantulum de spatio curriculoque consuetudo maiorum, ist aus ihrer Bahn u. ihrem Geleise gewichen, Cic. – c) der Spaziergang, α) als Strecke, der Gang, duobus spa-
    ————
    tiis tribusve factis, Cic.: ut in extremis spatiis subsultim decurreret, Suet. – β) als Ort, der Spazierplatz, Gang, spatia silvestria, Cic.: spatia Academiae, Cic.: spatia communia, Cic. – II) übtr., v. der Zeit, A) im allg.: a) der Zeitabschnitt, Zeitraum, die Zeit, tempore ac spatio, Tac.: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Caes.: sp. praeteriti temporis, Cic.: annuum, Cic.: dierum triginta, Cic.: tam longo spatio, Cic.: spatio brevi, Hor.: in brevi spatio, Ter.: hoc interim spatio, in dieser Zwischenzeit, Cic.: post sexagesimum vitae spatium, nach dem 60. Jahre, Plin.: mori iussis non amplius quam horarum spatium dedit, Suet. – b) emphatisch, die Dauer, Länge der Zeit, spatio pugnae defatigati, durch die Dauer des K., Caes.: arbor spatio durata, durch die Länge der Zeit, Ov.: spatia annorum (die Länge der Jahre) lenibunt vulnera nostra, Prop. – B) insbes.: 1) die für eine Tätigkeit usw. bestimmte Zeit, Frist, Muße, Gelegenheit, nisi tempus et spatium datum sit, Cic.: pugnae spatium dare, eine Pause im K. eintreten lassen, Curt.: spatium animo dare, sich Zeit zur Überlegung gönnen, Curt.: irae spatium dare, dem Zorne Raum geben (= den Z. austoben, verrauchen lassen), Liv. u. Sen.: irae spatium et consilio tempus dare, Liv.: daret malorum paenitentiae, daret bonorum consensui spatium, er möchte den Schlechten Zeit zur Reue, den Guten Zeit zur Vereinigung
    ————
    geben, Tac.: quom prius quam intereo spatium ulciscendi danunt (= dant), Pacuv. fr.: ut spatium pila in hostes coniciendi non daretur, Caes.: si mihi aliquid spatii ad scribendum darent, Cic.: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, gestattete die Zeit, Ter.: spatium habere ad dicendum, Cic.: spatio sumpto, Liv.: spatium sumamus ad cogitandum, Cic.: spatio ad colloquendum sumpto, Liv.: sex dies ad eam rem conficiendam spatii postulant, Caes.: ne properes, ora; spatium pro munere posco, Ov. – 2) das metrische od. rhetor. Zeitmaß, Cic. or. 193. Quint. 1, 5, 18 u.a.

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  • 8 brevis

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

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  • 9 spatium

    ī n.
    1) пространство, протяжение ( castrorum C); простор, место (s. non erat agitandi equos Nep)
    2) величина, размеры (colli O; elephantis Lcn); длина ( viae O)
    in s. fugere O — бежать прямо
    3) расстояние, промежуток ( inter muros L); отрезок, путь (s. longum itineris Cs)
    aequo spatio abesse (distare) ab aliquā re Cs etc. — находиться на равном расстоянии от чего-л.
    vitale s. CC, тж. s. aetatis Pl, aevi O и vitae O, PM — жизненный путь
    4) ристалище, ипподром ( in spatio decurrere C)
    6) промежуток времени, время, период, срок (s. triginta dierum C)
    perexiguo intermisso spatio Cs или spatio minimo interposito Pt — по прошествии короткого времени, после коротенькой паузы
    sex dies spatii ad aliquam rem conficiendam postulare Cs — требовать шестидневного срока для совершения чего-л.
    s. praeteriti temporis C — прошлое, минувшее
    requiem spatiumque furori petere V — просить передышки, чтобы дать улечься страсти
    extremum s. vitae J — предел жизни, кончина
    spatio pugnae defatigati Cs — утомлённые долгой битвой; но
    7) мера, размер, количество (trochaeus eodem spatio est quo choreus C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > spatium

  • 10 spatium

        spatium ī, n    [SPA-], a space, room, extent: Trīs pateat caeli spatium non amplius ulnas, V.: spatiis locorum animadversis, Cs.: quod spatium non esset agitandi, N.: spatio distante, O.— A space, distance, interval: magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, Cs.: viae, length, O.: tantum erat relictum spati, ut, etc., Cs.: tormentorum usum spatio propinquitatis interire, Cs.: medium caeli, H.: spatium discrimina fallit, the distance, O.— Size, bulk, extent: spatium victi hostis (serpentis), O.: Dat spatium collo, O.: admirabile rhombi, very large, Iu.: trahit (aurīs) in spatium, i. e. lengthens out, O.— A walking, walk, promenade, turn, course: duobus spatiis tribusve factis: septem spatiis circo meruere coronam, O.— A space for recreation, walk, promenade, public place, square: urbs distincta spatiis communibus: spatia silvestria: Academiae nobilitata spatia: locus planis Porrectus spatiis, in levels, H.: Curvatis fertur spatiis, V.— A prescribed path, race-course, track: quasi decurso spatio ad carceres a calce revocari: amat spatiis obstantia rumpere claustra, H.: Addunt in spatia, V.: tritum, O.: Phocus in interius spatium Cecropidas ducit, the interior, O. —Fig., a path, course, race, track: eadem: Prope iam excurso spatio, T.: Te mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas Insequitur, V.: in spatio Q. Hortensium ipsius vestigiis persecuti: vitae, O.— A portion of time, space, interval, period: spatia omnis temporis non numero dierum sed noctium finiunt, Cs.: spatium praeteriti temporis: diei, the length, Cs.: dierum triginta: spatio brevi, H.: me ex constituto spatio defensionis in semihorae curriculum coëgisti: trochaeus, qui est eodem spatio quo choreus, i. e. of the same metrical length: spatia annorum, Pr.: spatio pugnae defatigati, Cs.— Space, time, leisure, opportunity: neque, ut celari posset, tempus spatium ullum dabat, T.: irae suae spatium et consilio tempus dare, L.: Ne properes, oro; spatium pro munere posco, O.: cum erit spatium, praestabo, etc.: illi spatium ad sese conligendum dedisse: sex dics ad eam rem conficien<*> dam spati postulant, Cs.: Ut ne esset spatium cogitandi, T.: pila coniciendi, Cs.: Spatium adparandis nuptiis dabitur, T.
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    space; area/expanse, room (for); intervening space, gap/interval; length/width; race course, lap, circuit; closed way/walk, turn; track (planet); act of play; interval, time, extent, period, term; duration; distance; area; size; bulk

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  • 11 reseco

    re-seco, secuī (secāvī Eccl), sectum, āre
    1) обрезывать (capillos O; ungues VM)
    r. aliquid ad vivum C — обрезать что-л. до мяса, перен. принимать (понимать) в слишком строгом смысле
    2) жать, убирать
    3) устранять, удалять ( nimia C)
    4) унимать, сдерживать, ограничивать ( libidinem C)

    Латинско-русский словарь > reseco

  • 12 Cárpe diém

    "Лови день", т. е. пользуйся сегодняшним днем, лови мгновение.
    Девиз эпикурейства.
    Гораций, "Оды", I, 11:
    Tú ne quáesierís, scíre nefás, quém mihi, quém tibi
    Fínem dí dederínt, Léuconoé, néc Babylónios
    Témptarís numerós. Út meliús quídquid erít, pati.
    Séu plurís hiemés séu tribuít Júppiter últimam,
    Týrrhenúm: sapiás, vína liqués et spatió brevi
    Spém longám resecés. Dúm loquimúr, fúgerit ínvida
    Áetas: cárpe diém, quám minimúm crédula póstero.
    Не расспрашивай ты, ведать грешно, мне и тебе какой,
    Левконоя, пошлют боги конец, и вавилонские
    Числа ты не пытай. Лучше терпеть, что бы ни ждало нас, -
    Дал Юпитер в удел много ль нам зим, или последнюю,
    Бурей. Будь же мудра, вина цеди. Долгой надежды нить
    Кратким сроком урежь: мы говорим, время ж завистное
    Мчится. Пользуйся днем, меньше всего веря грядущему.
    (Перевод С. Шервинского).
    ср. "Оды", I, 9, 13-16:
    Quid sít futúrum crás, fug quáerer(e): et
    Áppóne; nec dulcés amóres
    Spérne puér, neque tú choréas.
    Что будет завтра, бойся разгадывать,
    И каждый день, судьбою нам посланный,
    Считай за благо. Не чуждайся
    Ласки любовной и пляски, мальчик.
    (Перевод С. Шервинского)
    ср. Овидий, "Наука любви", III, 65-66:
    Útendum (e)st aetáte, citó pede lábitur áetas:
    Néc bona tám sequitúr, quám bona príma fuít.
    Молодость быстро летит: лови уходящее время.
    День миновавший всегда лучше, чем нынешний день.
    ср. тж. Carpámus dúlcia: nóstrum (e)st Quód vivís: cinis ét manés et fábula fíes
    Не прощаю себе какой-то рассеянности во все время твоего здесь пребывания. Можно было бы отвести душу хоть одним душевным разговором, но мы едва и поздороваться успели. То же будет и с жизнью. Проведем всю в сборах жить. Теперь твержу горацианское "carpe diem", но тебя уже нет. (А. И. Тургенев - П. А. Вяземскому, 12.II 1819.)
    Рим напоминает о бренности вещей, о минувшем, о смерти, это вечное memento mori; Неаполь - об упоительной прелести настоящего, о жизни, о carpe diem. (А. И. Герцен, Письма из Франции и Италии.)
    Вот две самых главных утехи моей жизни (он указал на бутылку и на большой том Горация, лежащий на столе), я стар, это правда, но что за беда? Тем больше у меня причин радоваться оставшимся крохам жизни, как советует мой друг Флакк... "Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero". (Тобайас Смоллетт, Приключения Родрика Рэндома.)
    Легкий шепот удивления, прерываемый более или менее шутливыми замечаниями, как полупрозрачный туман носился над всей этой толпой молодежи, полной сил и энергии для предстоящих трудов, склонной к мечтам и шуткам и готовой до самого утра погрузиться в опьяняющий вихрь веселья, забыть на сегодня все, кроме классического: carpe diem. (Иван Франко, Близнецы.)
    Когда у человека только и осталось в жизни, что его обед, его бутылка, его сигара и те мечты, что они дарят ему, - доктора непременно норовят отнять все это. Нет уж! Carpe diem. Пока жив, пользуйся жизнью. (Джон Голсуорси, Стоик.)

    Латинско-русский словарь крылатых слов и выражений > Cárpe diém

  • 13 re-secō

        re-secō cuī, ctus, āre,    to cut loose, cut off: linguae scalpello resectae: palpebras: enodes truncos, V.: ferro capillos, O.: Barba resecta, O.: dapes resectae, cakes cut in squares, O.: resecanda falce humus, to be reaped, O.—Prov.: alqd ad vivum, cut to the quick, i. e. press to an extreme: de vivo aliquid erat resecandum, to be cut from the quick.—Fig., to cut off, curtail, check, stop, restrain: nimia resecari oportere: quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere: audacias atque libidines: crimina quaedam cum primā barbā, Iu.: spatio brevi Spem longam, H.

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  • 14 reseco

    rĕ-sĕco, cŭi, ctum (resecavi, Symm. Ep. 10, 73:

    resecata,

    Eum. Grat. Act. ad Const. 11 fin.), 1, v. a., to cut loose, cut off (class.; esp. in the trop. signif.; cf. praecido).
    I.
    Lit.:

    ut linguae scalpello resectae liberarentur,

    Cic. Div. 2, 46, 96:

    os,

    id. Leg. 2, 22, 55:

    palpebras,

    id. Pis. 19, 43:

    enodes truncos,

    Verg. G. 2, 78:

    radices,

    Ov. M. 7, 264:

    longos ferro capillos,

    id. ib. 11, 182:

    de tergore partem Exiguam,

    id. ib. 8, 650:

    barba resecta,

    id. Tr. 4, 10, 58:

    alas,

    id. R. Am. 701:

    extremam partem ipsius unguis ad vivum,

    to the quick, Col. 6, 12, 3; 5, 9, 15:

    ungues,

    Val. Max. 3, 2, 15.—
    II.
    Trop., to cut off, curtail; to check, stop, restrain:

    quod aiunt, nimia resecari oportere, naturalia relinqui (shortly after, circumcidere and amputare),

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 26, 57; cf. id. ib. 4, 20, 46:

    quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manere,

    id. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

    libidinem,

    id. Att. 1, 18, 2:

    audacias et libidines,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 89, § 208:

    crimina quaedam cum primā barbā,

    Juv. 8, 166:

    spatio brevi Spem longam reseces,

    Hor. C. 1, 11, 7; cf.:

    haec (dicta),

    Plin. Ep. 2, 5, 4; Juv. 8, 166:

    neque id ad vivum reseco, ut illi qui haec subtilius disserunt,

    i. e. nor do I take this in too strict a sense, Cic. Lael. 5, 18 (v. supra, I.):

    de vivo aliquid erat resecandum,

    was to be cut from the quick, id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 118.

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  • 15 brevis

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

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  • 16 brevis

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

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  • 17 coalesco

    co-alēsco, coaluī, coalitum, ere (com u. alesco), zusammenwachsen, I) verwachsen, a) v. Körperteilen usw., interdum inter se palpebrae coalescunt, Cels. 7, 7, 6 in. – u. v. Steinen, saxa vides solā colescere (= coalescere) calce, durch K. allein sich verbinden, Lucr. 6, 1068: simul autem aes et ea arena ab ignis vehementia confervescendo coaluerint, sich verbinden (sich amalgamieren), Vitr. 7, 11, 1. – u. im Bilde, octingentorum annorum fortunā disciplināque haec compages coaluit, hat sich dieses Fugwerk zu einem Ganzen ineinander gefügt, Tac.: coalescentes conditiones pacis discussit ac rupit, die sich einigenden, Vell. – bes. v. Parteien, noch getrennten Gemütern u. dgl., verschmelzen, sich einigen, hi (Troiani et Aborigines) incredibile memoratu est quam facile coaluerint, Sall.: sic brevi spatio novi veteresque (milites) coaluere, Sall. – m. Ang. womit? durch cum m. Abl., ut cum patribus coalescant plebis animi, Liv. – m. Ang. in od. zu was? durch in od. (selten) ad m. Akk., multitudo coalescit in populi unius corpus, Liv.: nec exercitus linguis moribusque dissonos in hunc consensum potuisse coalescere, Tac.: disiectos ne animo quidem satis ad obsequium coaluisse, Tac. – m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., brevi tantā concordiā coaluerant omnium animi, ut etc., Liv. – v. Worten, Lauten, compositae (voces) e duobus quasi corporibus coalescunt, ut maleficus, Quint. 1, 5, 65. – m. Ang. in od. zu was? durch in m. Akk., quia subiecta sibi vocalis in unum sonum coalescere et confundi nequiret, Quint. 1, 7, 26. – b) v. Gewächsen (Bäumen, Pfropfreisern, Stecklingen), sowohl mit dem Stamme verwachsen, ne prius exarescat surculus quam coalescat, Varr.: id sarmentum sic depressum citius coalescit, Col.: m. Ang. womit? durch Dat., ficus coalescit olivae, Col.: m. Ang. woran? durch in m. Abl., dum novus in viridi coalescit cortice ramus, Ov. – als mit dem Boden bekleiben, Wurzel fassen, einwurzeln, palma (translata) coalescit, Suet.: m. Ang. womit? durch cum m. Abl., arbor coalescit cum terra, ICt.: m. Ang. wo? durch bl. Abl. od. durch in m. Abl., inter m. Akk., triticum sicco loco melius coalescit, Col.: plantae, quae terrā coalescunt, ICt.: in eo loco grandis ilex coaluerat inter saxa, Sall. – im Bilde, wie Wurzel fassen, einwurzeln = Festigkeit gewinnen, sich befestigen, gedeihen, erstarken, in insula tum primum novā pace coalescente, Liv.: dum Galbae auctoritas fluxa, Pisonis nondum coaluisset, Tac.: m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., ita rem concordiā coalescere posse, Liv.: eloquentia coalescere nequit nisi sociatā tradentis et accipientis concordiā, Quint.: coalitam libertate irreverentiam eo prorupisse, Tac. – c) v. zerrissenen Gliedern u. Wunden, sich wieder zusammenziehen, -zusammenschließen, ver wachsen, cilium vulnere aliquo diductum non coalescit, Plin.: a partu coalescit vulnus, Plin. – im Bilde, coalescentibus reipublicae membris, Vell. 2, 90, 1: vixdum coalescens foventis regnum, dessen Wunden sich kaum zu schließen anfangen, Liv. 29, 31, 3. – II) zusammenwachsen, sich gestalten, tenerum, modo coalescens corpusculum (v. Embryo), Sen. ep. 124, 10: nihil interesse putat, cuius in corpore cuiusque ex sanguine concretus homo et coalitus sit, Gell. 12, 1, 11: sphaerarum vero ingenium ex igni coalitum et fabricatum, Apul. de dogm. Plat. 1, 11. – / Partiz. coalitus zuerst bei Tac., s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 1. – zsgz. colescere, wovon colescat, Varr. r. r. 1, 41, 2: coluerunt, Lucr. 2, 1061: Infin. colescere, Lucr. 6, 1068.

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  • 18 coalesco

    co-alēsco, coaluī, coalitum, ere (com u. alesco), zusammenwachsen, I) verwachsen, a) v. Körperteilen usw., interdum inter se palpebrae coalescunt, Cels. 7, 7, 6 in. – u. v. Steinen, saxa vides solā colescere (= coalescere) calce, durch K. allein sich verbinden, Lucr. 6, 1068: simul autem aes et ea arena ab ignis vehementia confervescendo coaluerint, sich verbinden (sich amalgamieren), Vitr. 7, 11, 1. – u. im Bilde, octingentorum annorum fortunā disciplināque haec compages coaluit, hat sich dieses Fugwerk zu einem Ganzen ineinander gefügt, Tac.: coalescentes conditiones pacis discussit ac rupit, die sich einigenden, Vell. – bes. v. Parteien, noch getrennten Gemütern u. dgl., verschmelzen, sich einigen, hi (Troiani et Aborigines) incredibile memoratu est quam facile coaluerint, Sall.: sic brevi spatio novi veteresque (milites) coaluere, Sall. – m. Ang. womit? durch cum m. Abl., ut cum patribus coalescant plebis animi, Liv. – m. Ang. in od. zu was? durch in od. (selten) ad m. Akk., multitudo coalescit in populi unius corpus, Liv.: nec exercitus linguis moribusque dissonos in hunc consensum potuisse coalescere, Tac.: disiectos ne animo quidem satis ad obsequium coaluisse, Tac. – m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., brevi tantā concordiā coaluerant omnium animi, ut etc., Liv. – v. Worten, Lauten, compositae (voces) e duobus quasi corpori-
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    bus coalescunt, ut maleficus, Quint. 1, 5, 65. – m. Ang. in od. zu was? durch in m. Akk., quia subiecta sibi vocalis in unum sonum coalescere et confundi nequiret, Quint. 1, 7, 26. – b) v. Gewächsen (Bäumen, Pfropfreisern, Stecklingen), sowohl mit dem Stamme verwachsen, ne prius exarescat surculus quam coalescat, Varr.: id sarmentum sic depressum citius coalescit, Col.: m. Ang. womit? durch Dat., ficus coalescit olivae, Col.: m. Ang. woran? durch in m. Abl., dum novus in viridi coalescit cortice ramus, Ov. – als mit dem Boden bekleiben, Wurzel fassen, einwurzeln, palma (translata) coalescit, Suet.: m. Ang. womit? durch cum m. Abl., arbor coalescit cum terra, ICt.: m. Ang. wo? durch bl. Abl. od. durch in m. Abl., inter m. Akk., triticum sicco loco melius coalescit, Col.: plantae, quae terrā coalescunt, ICt.: in eo loco grandis ilex coaluerat inter saxa, Sall. – im Bilde, wie Wurzel fassen, einwurzeln = Festigkeit gewinnen, sich befestigen, gedeihen, erstarken, in insula tum primum novā pace coalescente, Liv.: dum Galbae auctoritas fluxa, Pisonis nondum coaluisset, Tac.: m. Ang. wodurch? durch Abl., ita rem concordiā coalescere posse, Liv.: eloquentia coalescere nequit nisi sociatā tradentis et accipientis concordiā, Quint.: coalitam libertate irreverentiam eo prorupisse, Tac. – c) v. zerrissenen Gliedern u. Wunden, sich wieder zusammenziehen, -zusammenschließen, ver-
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    wachsen, cilium vulnere aliquo diductum non coalescit, Plin.: a partu coalescit vulnus, Plin. – im Bilde, coalescentibus reipublicae membris, Vell. 2, 90, 1: vixdum coalescens foventis regnum, dessen Wunden sich kaum zu schließen anfangen, Liv. 29, 31, 3. – II) zusammenwachsen, sich gestalten, tenerum, modo coalescens corpusculum (v. Embryo), Sen. ep. 124, 10: nihil interesse putat, cuius in corpore cuiusque ex sanguine concretus homo et coalitus sit, Gell. 12, 1, 11: sphaerarum vero ingenium ex igni coalitum et fabricatum, Apul. de dogm. Plat. 1, 11. – ⇒ Partiz. coalitus zuerst bei Tac., s. Nipperd. Tac. ann. 14, 1. – zsgz. colescere, wovon colescat, Varr. r. r. 1, 41, 2: coluerunt, Lucr. 2, 1061: Infin. colescere, Lucr. 6, 1068.

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  • 19 interjicio

    inter-jicio, jēcī, jectum, ere [ jacio ]
    1)
    а) бросать, помещать, класть, ставить (между, среди)
    б) pass. interjici лежать, находиться (между) (nasus oculis interjectus est C; aēr interjectus inter mare et caelum C)

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  • 20 intermitto

    inter-mitto, mīsī, missum, ere, I) tr.: A) dazwischenkommen lassen = dazwischenlegen, trabes paribus intermissae spatiis, Caes.: valle intermissā, diesseits eines Tales, Caes.: intermissā nocte, da inzwischen die Nacht hereingebrochen war, Caes. – B) dazwischenlassen = dazwischen leer lassen, frei-, offen-, unbesetzt lassen, 1) eig.: pars oppidi a flumine intermissa, Caes.: planities collibus intermissa, Caes.: loca custodibus intermissa, Liv.: quā erat opus intermissum, eine Lücke hatte, Caes.: intermissa munimenta, moenia, Lücken in den Bef., in den M., Liv.: nunc continua nunc intermissa tecta villarum, bald fortlaufende, bald freistehende, Plin. ep.: mediocribus spatiis intermissis, in mäßigen Abständen, Caes.: perexiguo intermisso spatio, Caes.: intermissis circiter passibus CCCC, in einer Entfernung von usw., Caes. – 2) übtr.: a) eine Tätigkeit usw. auf kürzere od. längere Zeit unterlassen, einstellen, aussetzen, unterbrechen ( während omittere = gänzlich unterlassen, ganz einstellen), studia, Cic.: proelium, iter, Caes.: ludorum solemnia, Liv.: cultum agrorum, Liv.: ob iustitium solita munia, Tac.: paulisper otium, Plin. ep.: laborem, Ov.: non intermisso navigandi labore, Caes.: mit folg. Infin., alci litteras mittere, Cic.: obsides dare, Caes.: non ille intermisit affirmare se sine mora venire, Cic.: bei vorherg. Negation m. folg. quin u. Konj., hoc opus numquam intermittendum est, quin (ohne daß es) omnibus instauretur annis, Colum. 7, 17, 2. – Passiv medial = aussetzen, nachlassen, mediā circiter nocte vento intermisso, Windstille eingetreten war, Caes.: paulum intermissā flammā, Caes.: u. so intermissa verba, abgebrochene, Ov.: aber verba ab usu cotidiani sermonis intermissa, aufgegebene, Cic.: intermissus tamdiu mos, unterlassene, Plin. ep.: intermissa libertas, das eine Zeitlang gehemmte freie Wort (Ggstz. lib. retenta), Cic. – b) eine Zeit aussetzen, vorbeigehen-, verstreichen lassen, unbenutzt lassen, ne quem diem intermitterem, has dedi litteras, Cic.: triduo intermisso, brevi tempore intermisso, quinque intermissis diebus, nach Ablauf von usw., Caes.: intermisso spatio, nach einiger Zeit, Caes. – m. ab u. Abl., ut reliquum tempus ab labore intermitteretur, ausgesetzt, gerastet würde, Caes. – m. ad u. Akk., nulla pars nocturni temporis ad laborem intermittitur, wird für die A. nicht unbenutzt gelassen, Caes. – bei vorhergehender Negation mit folg. quin u. Konj., numquam unum intermittit diem, quin semper veniat, Ter.: neque ullum fere diem intermittebat, quin quid in quoque esset animi ac virtutis suorum perspiceret, Caes.: totius hiemis nullum tempus intermiserunt, quin trans Rhenum legatos mitterent, Caes. – c) ein Amt zeitweilig unbesetzt lassen, intermissis magistratibus, nachdem die weltlichen Ämter zeitweilig unbesetzt gelassen, suspendiert waren, Caes. b. G. 7, 33, 4. – d) eine Provinz für jetzt aufgeben, Eutr. 9, 15. – II) intr. aussetzen, absetzen, nachlassen, quā (wo) flumen intermittit, Caes.: sic canere coepisse, ut nihil intermitterent, ohne abzusetzen, Cic.: aves intermittentes bibunt, setzen beim Trinken ab, Plin.: hostes subeunt, non intermittunt, rücken unaufhaltsam heran, Caes.: non intermittunt interim cotidiana proelia, Hirt. b. G.: febris intermittit, ist ein Wechselfieber, Cels.: tertiana, quae ex toto intermittit, Cels.: Ggstz., si (vitia eius) non desinent, intermittent, Sen. ep. 29, 8.

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