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brevi-
- a combining form meaning “short,” used in the formation of compound words:
brevirostrate.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of brevi-1
< Latin, combining form of brevis; akin to Greek brachýs
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Example Sentences
Veientes pacis impetratae cum brevi paenituisset, redintegrato bello inierunt consilium insidiis ferocem hostem captandi.
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Celeriter naves e conspectu Siciliae ablatae sunt conspectaque brevi Africae litora.
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(He fumbles again and takes out and hands her two crowns) Permit, brevi manu, my sight is somewhat troubled.
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Beornred in regnum Merc tanquam hres legitimus dicto regi Ethelbaldo successit, brevi tamen tempore illud regens.
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Itaque plura brevi tempore eversa quam multis annis stante re publica scripsimus.
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