perbrevis Latin · revision 36639

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɛr.brɛ.wɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈpɛr.bre.vis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perbrevis''' (neuter perbreve, adverb perbreviter); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|brevis|t2=short]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces that adjective to [[itc-pro|*mreχ-u(-i-)]] and [[ine-pro|*mrǵh-ú-|t=short]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) and the TLL notes that it is found mostly in his works and rarely elsewhere.^(TLL) In the ''Brutus'' he calls an orator very ornate and very concise, ''perōrnātus et perbrevis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is used of short times, short distances and short writings: Cicero speaks of a very short time and a very short letter, and Livy of a very short distance.^(Conte 2010)^(Georges 1913) The ablative ''perbrevī'' is used as an adverb, “in a very short time”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913) Cicero also splits it by tmesis, ''per mihi brevis''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) The adverb is ''perbreviter'', “very briefly”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a concise orator and of a very short time.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of distance and time.^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Very [[m|en|short]] (in time, distance or length), very [[m|en|brief]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

+ # ''(of a speaker or style)'' Very [[m|en|concise]].^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[brevis]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}