LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adverb

breviter

breviter (comparative brevius, superlative brevissimē)
Classical[ˈbrɛ.wɪ.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ˈbrɛː.vi.ter]
№ 992 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. shortly, briefly (in duration)
  2. briefly, concisely, with few words

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

briefly
breviter — in Seneca, ch. VII

brĕvĭter, adv., v. brevis
I. fin.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mreǵʰ-
  2. Latinbreviter

Proto-Indo-European *mréǵʰusder. Proto-Italic *breɣʷis Latin brevis Proto-Indo-European *-teros? Latin -ter Latin breviter From brevis (“short, small”) + -ter.

Quick answers

What does breviter mean in Latin?
breviter, a adverb, means “shortly, briefly (in duration); briefly, concisely, with few words”.
How do you pronounce breviter?
In classical Latin, [ˈbrɛ.wɪ.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈbrɛː.vi.ter].
Where does breviter come from?
Proto-Indo-European *mreǵʰ- → Latin breviter.