LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

brevī

brevī (not comparable)
Classical[ˈbrɛ.wiː]Ecclesiastical[ˈbrɛː.vi]
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Meaning

  1. not comparablesoon; shortly
    Brevi stirpis quoque virilis ex novo matrimonio fuitIn a short time, moreover, there was a male scion out of the new marriage27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita I.1
  2. not comparablebriefly; with few words

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

brevī adv.
abl. of 1 brevis, in a little while, in a short time, soon: brevi postea, soon after: brevi post, L.: uti equos brevi moderari consuerint, soon, Cs.: fama brevi divolgatur, S.: tam brevi rem crevisse, L.: cunctatus brevi, after a little delay, O. — Briefly, in few words: id percurram brevi: definire: respondere litteris.

Origins

Descendants
  • Frenchen bref
  • Italianin breve
  • Portugueseem breve
  • Spanishen breve

Quick answers

What does brevī mean in Latin?
brevī, a adverb, means “soon; shortly; briefly”.
How do you pronounce brevī?
In classical Latin, [ˈbrɛ.wiː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbrɛː.vi].