brevio
Ὁ μὲν βίος βραχύς, ἡ δὲ τέχνη μακρή, ὁ δὲ καιρὸς ὀξύς, ἡ δὲ πεῖρα σφαλερή, ἡ δὲ κρίσις χαλεπή → Life is short, art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading and judgment difficult
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
brĕvĭo: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. brevis,
I 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.—
II Transf.: Syllabam, to pronounce short, Quint. 12, 10, 57.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
brĕvĭō, āvī, ātum, āre (brevis), tr., abréger, raccourcir : Quint. 11, 3, 83 || rendre brève [une syllabe] : Quint. 12, 10, 57.
Latin > German (Georges)
brevio, āvī, ātum, āre (brevis), kurz machen, kürzen, verkürzen, I) eig.: a) räumlich, cervicem, Quint. 11, 3, 83: gradus, Sidon. ep. 2, 2: manum, Vulg. Ierem. 37, 27. – b) numerisch, numerum, Iuvenc. 4, 135: lanigeros, Manil. 3, 434. – c) zeitlich, dies, Vulg. Iob 17, 1: annos imperii, Vulg. prov. 10, 27: horas, Paul. Nol. poëm. 24, 13: fatum, Anthol. Lat. 98, 77 (695, 77). – II) übtr.: a) abkürzen, kurz fassen, quaedam, Quint. 1, 9, 2: aliquid callide, Quint. 5, 13, 41: prolixa (in scribendo), Lact. epit. 8, 6; vgl. Sulp. Sev. chron. 1, 1, 5. – b) kurz aussprechen, syllabam, Quint. 12, 10, 57: producta breviare, Ggstz. brevia producere, Hier. in ep. ad Tit. 3, 9.
