brevio
See also: breviò
Italian
    
    Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /ˈbrɛ.vjo/
- Rhymes: -ɛvjo
- Hyphenation: brè‧vio
Etymology 1
    
Borrowed from New Latin brevium, derived from Classical Latin brevis (“short”), due to its short half-life.
Further reading
    
- brevio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Etymology 2
    
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Latin
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.u̯i.oː/, [ˈbreu̯ioː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbre.vi.o/, [ˈbrɛːvio]
Verb
    
breviō (present infinitive breviāre, perfect active breviāvī, supine breviātum); first conjugation
- I shorten, abbreviate, abridge (especially speech or writing).
Conjugation
    
References
    
- “brevio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- brevio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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