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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *mréǵʰus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈbrɛ.wɪ.tɛr]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈbrɛː.vi.ter]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''breviter''' (comparative brevius, superlative brevissimē)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|brevis|t=short]] with the adverbial suffix [[m|la|-ter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨brevis⟩ to [[itc-pro|*mreχu-]] and [[ine-pro|*mr̥ǵʰ-ú-|t=short]], enlarged with ⟨-i-⟩ like other u-stem adjectives, cognate with [[sa|मुहुर्|tr=múhur|t=suddenly]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler gives Cicero as its first author,^(Köbler 2010) who has ''ut brevissimē dīcam'', “to put it as briefly as possible”, and “learn the whole matter briefly, judges”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is mostly “in a few words, briefly”, as in Cicero.^(OLD 2012) It is also “for a short time”, as Publilius Syrus' “avoid an angry man briefly, an enemy long”, “within a short time, quickly”, as in Vitruvius, and of distance “a short way”, as in Germanicus.^(OLD 2012) In phonetics Cicero uses it of a syllable pronounced short.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It occurs in the Bible and in scholastic writing.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of brevity of speech and of short syllables.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius of “quickly”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 1st century AD – Germanicus of a short distance.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # In a few words, [[m|en|briefly]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # For a short time; within a short time, quickly.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # For a short distance.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(phonetics)'' Short.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[brevis]]

+ * [[brevitās]]

+ * [[brevī]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}