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|lshtext=<b>brĕvĭo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[brevis]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[shorten]], [[abbreviate]], [[abridge]], [[βραχύνω]] [[brevio]], Gloss. Vet. ([[post]]-Aug.; cf. Burm. Anth. Lat. 1, p. 76; [[most]] freq. in Quint.); Manil. 3, 461; 6, 431: breviare quaedam, Quint. 1, 9, 2: aliquid [[callide]], id. 5, 13, 41 Spald. N. cr.: prolixa (in scribendo), Lact. Epit. 8, 6; Sev. Sulp. Hist. Sacr. 1, 1: breviatae horae, Paul. Nol. Carm. Nat. S. Fel. 24, 9, 13: umerorum [[raro]] [[decens]] [[allevatio]] [[atque]] [[contractio]] est. Breviatur [[enim]] [[cervix]], Quint. 11, 3, 83: non breviatis augustatisque gradibus ascenditur, Sid. Ep. 2, 2.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: Syllabam, to [[pronounce]] [[short]], Quint. 12, 10, 57.
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