brevi-

a combining form meaning “short,” used in the formation of compound words:
brevirostrate.

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< Latin, combining form of brevis; akin to Greek brachýs

Veientes pacis impetratae cum brevi paenituisset, redintegrato bello inierunt consilium insidiis ferocem hostem captandi.

Celeriter naves e conspectu Siciliae ablatae sunt conspectaque brevi Africae litora.

(He fumbles again and takes out and hands her two crowns) Permit, brevi manu, my sight is somewhat troubled.

Beornred in regnum Merc tanquam hres legitimus dicto regi Ethelbaldo successit, brevi tamen tempore illud regens.

Itaque plura brevi tempore eversa quam multis annis stante re publica scripsimus.

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