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[[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βραχύς]].

[[at so short a distance]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διὰ τοσούτου]].

[[concise]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[σύντομος]], [[βραχύς]].

[[little]] ([[in amount]], [[time]], etc.): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βραχύς]], [[ὀλίγος]], [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βαιός]].

of [[stature]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]].

[[deficient]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐνδεής]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλιπής]].

[[short of]], [[deficient in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐνδεής]] (gen.); see [[deficient]].

[[except]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πλήν]] (gen.).

[[less than]]: with numerals use participle, [[prose|P.]] [[δέων]] (gen.).

[[come short]], v.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλασσοῦσθαι]]; see also [[lack]], [[come]] short of.

[[be deficient in]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐλλείπειν]] (gen.), [[ἀπολείπεσθαι]] (gen.), [[verse|V.]] [[λείπεσθαι]] (gen.).

[[fall short]], [[give out]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐκλείπω]], [[ἐκλείπειν]], [[ἐλλείπειν]], [[verse|V.]] [[λείπω]], [[λείπειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ἐπιλείπειν]].

[[fall short of]], [[be inferior to]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλείπειν]] (gen.), [[ὑστερίζειν]] (gen.), [[ὑστερεῖν]] (gen.), [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἡσσᾶσθαι]] (gen.), [[λείπεσθαι]] (gen.) (rare [[prose|P.]]).

[[they reflected how far they had fallen short of their covenant]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐσκόπουν ὅσα ἐξελελοίπεσαν τῆς συνθήκης]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 5, 42).

if you persist in sitting [[idle]], letting your [[zeal]] stop short at murmuring and commending: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰ καθεδεῖσθε ἄχρι τοῦ θορυβῆσαι καὶ ἐπαινέσαι σπουδάζοντες]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 109).

[[at short notice]] [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[φαύλως]]; see [[off-hand]].

[[in short]]: see [[shortly]].

[[to sum up]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὅλως]], [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἁπλῶς]].

[[cut short]], [[abridge]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συντέμνειν]].

[[to cut a long story short]]: [[prose|P.]] ἵνα, [[ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν]], [[συντέμω]].

[[cut short]], [[shorten]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συντέμνειν]], [[συστέλλειν]], [[κολούειν]].

[[cut short]] (a [[person]]), [[make to stop]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παύειν]]; see also [[interrupt]].

[[short]] (of [[temper]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀξύς]]; see [[quick]].

[[short of breath]]: [[verse|V.]] [[δύσπνους]].

[[short comings]], subs.: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐλλείματα]], τά.

[[you will make up for your past short comings]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα πάλιν ἀναλήψεσθε]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 42).

[[short cut]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἡ σύντομος]] ([[Xenophon|Xen.]]).

[[by the shortest cut]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὰ συντομώτατα]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 2, 97).
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