brevitas

== Latin == === Etymology === From brevis (“short, little, of small extent”) +‎ -tās. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbrɛ.wɪ.taːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbrɛː.vi.tas] === Noun === brevitās f (genitive brevitātis); third declension (of space) shortness; narrowness (of time) briefness, brevity, shortness (of discourse) conciseness, terseness, brevity ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “brevitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “brevitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “brevitas”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.