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

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Origin of brevi-

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

Veientes pacis impetratae cum brevi paenituisset, redintegrato bello inierunt consilium insidiis ferocem hostem captandi.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
Celeriter naves e conspectu Siciliae ablatae sunt conspectaque brevi Africae litora.
Selections from Viri Romae|Charles Franois L'Homond
(He fumbles again and takes out and hands her two crowns) Permit, brevi manu, my sight is somewhat troubled.
Ulysses|James Joyce
Beornred in regnum Merc tanquam hres legitimus dicto regi Ethelbaldo successit, brevi tamen tempore illud regens.
Essay on the Life and Institutions of Offa, King of Mercia, A.D. 755-794|Henry Mackenzie

Itaque plura brevi tempore eversa quam multis annis stante re publica scripsimus.
De Officiis|Marcus Tullius Cicero