brevitas

brevitās ātis, f

1 brevis.—Of space, shortness : brevitas nostra, small stature , Cs.: spati, Cs.—Meton., of time, shortness, brevity : diei, i. e. the short days : temporis: vitae:in eādem brevitate quā bestiolae reperiemur.—Of discourse, brevity, conciseness : orationis: tanta in dicendo: Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia, H.: brevitatis causā. — Of pronunciation: pedum, syllabarum: brevitates in sonis.