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P. and V. [[βραχύς]].

<b class="b2">At so short a distance</b>: P. διὰ τοσούτου.

<b class="b2">Concise</b>: P. and V. [[σύντομος]], [[βραχύς]].

<b class="b2">Little</b> (<b class="b2">in amount, time, etc.</b>): P. and V. [[βραχύς]], [[ὀλίγος]], [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]], Ar. and V. [[βαιός]].

<b class="b2">Of stature</b>: P. and V. [[μικρός]], [[σμικρός]].

<b class="b2">Deficient</b>: P. and V. [[ἐνδεής]], P. [[ἐλλιπής]].

<b class="b2">Short of, deficient in</b>: P. and V. [[ἐνδεής]] (gen.); see [[deficient]].

<b class="b2">Except</b>: P. and V. [[πλήν]] (gen.).

<b class="b2">Less than</b>: with numerals use participle, P. δέων (gen.).

<b class="b2">Come short</b>, v.: P. ἐλασσοῦσθαι; see also [[lack.

Come short of]].

<b class="b2">Be deficient in</b>: P. and V. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ἀπολείπεσθαι (gen.), V. λείπεσθαι (gen.).

<b class="b2">Fall short, give out</b>: P. and V. [[ἐκλείπω|ἐκλείπειν]], ἐλλείπειν, V. [[λείπω|λείπειν]], Ar. and P. ἐπιλείπειν.

<b class="b2">Fall short of, be inferior to</b>: P. ἐλλείπειν (gen.), ὑστερίζειν (gen.), ὑστερεῖν (gen.), P. and V. ἡσσᾶσθαι (gen.), λείπεσθαι (gen.) (rare P.).

<b class="b2">They reflected how far they had fallen short of their covenant</b>: P. ἐσκόπουν ὅσα ἐξελελοίπεσαν τῆς συνθήκης (Thuc. 5, 42).

<b class="b2">If you persist in sitting idle, letting your zeal stop short at murmuring and commending</b>: P. εἰ καθεδεῖσθε [[ἄχρι]] τοῦ θορυβῆσαι καὶ ἐπαινέσαι σπουδάζοντες (Dem. 109).

<b class="b2">At short notice</b> P. and V. φαύλως; see [[off-hand]].

<b class="b2">In short</b>: see [[shortly]].

<b class="b2">To sum up</b>: P. ὅλως, P. and V. [[ἁπλῶς]].

<b class="b2">Cut short, abridge</b>, v.: P. and V. συντέμνειν.

<b class="b2">To cut a long story short</b>: P. ἵνα, ὡς ἐν κεφαλαίῳ εἰπεῖν, συντέμω.

<b class="b2">Cut short, shorten</b>: P. and V. συντέμνειν, συστέλλειν, κολούειν.

<b class="b2">Cut short</b> (<b class="b2">a person</b>), <b class="b2">make to stop</b>: P. and V. παύειν; see also [[interrupt]].

<b class="b2">Short</b> (<b class="b2">of temper</b>): P. and V. [[ὀξύς]]; see [[quick]].

<b class="b2">Short of breath</b>: V. δύσπνους.

<b class="b2">Short comings</b>, subs.: P. ἐλλείματα, τά.

<b class="b2">You will make up for your past short comings</b>: P. τὰ κατερρᾳθυμημένα [[πάλιν]] ἀναλήψεσθε (Dem. 42).

<b class="b2">Short cut</b>: P. ἡ [[σύντομος]] (Xen.).

 

<b class="b2">By the shortest cut</b>: P. τὰ συντομώτατα (Thuc. 2, 97).