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|mdlsjtxt=<br />[[short]], Lat. [[brevis]]:<br /><b class="num">1.</b> of Space and [[Time]], Hdt., Attic; ἐν βραχεῖ (ionic βραχέϊ) in a [[short]] [[time]], [[briefly]], Hdt., etc.; διὰ βραχέος Thuc.:—adv. [[βραχέως]], [[scantily]], [[seldom]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> of Size, [[short]], [[small]], [[little]], Pind., Soph.; βρ. [[τεῖχος]] a low [[wall]], Thuc.; κατὰ βραχύ [[little]] by [[little]], Thuc.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> of Quantity, few, διὰ βραχέων in few words, Plat.; διὰ βραχυτάτων Dem.:—adv., [[βραχέως]], [[briefly]], in few words, Xen.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> of [[quality]], [[humble]], [[insignificant]], Soph.:—of things, [[small]], [[petty]], [[trifling]], Xen., etc.:—neut. as adv., βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός to [[think]] [[lightly]] of, Dem.