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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

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|lshtext=<b>brĕvĭlŏquentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[brevis]]-[[loquentia]],<br /><b>I</b> [[brevity]] of [[speech]]: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an [[expression]] of [[Cicero]], censured by [[Seneca]] ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.
|lshtext=<b>brĕvĭlŏquentĭa</b>: ae, f. [[brevis]]-[[loquentia]],<br /><b>I</b> [[brevity]] of [[speech]]: breviloquentiam in dicendo colat, an [[expression]] of [[Cicero]], censured by [[Seneca]] ap. Gell. 12, 2, 7.
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|gf=<b>brĕvĭlŏquentĭa</b>, æ, f., Cic. Rep. 5, 11, et <b>-lŏquĭum</b>, ĭī, n., Prisc. Gramm. 7, 46, brièveté, concision, laconisme.
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Revision as of 06:37, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

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

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

brĕvĭlŏquentĭa, æ, f., Cic. Rep. 5, 11, et -lŏquĭum, ĭī, n., Prisc. Gramm. 7, 46, brièveté, concision, laconisme.