English → Latin
“concisely” in Latin
brevisshort, small, little, narrow; brief, short; short, low, shallowpaucīfew, small group of people; the oligarchsstrictimsuperficially; briefly, cursorily, summarilycarptimby pieces, in parts, piecemeal, separately; at different places or points, on different sides; at different times, from praecīsusshortened, severed; battered, smashedpremōto press, push, press close or hard, oppress, overwhelm; to tighten, compress, shorten, press closely, squeeze; to make,pressēprecisely; accurately, exactly, correctly; without ornament, simply (of speech)dēfīniōto bound, set bounds to; to limit; to define, explain, designate by limiting; to terminate, finish
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
concisely
breviter (general term): paucis (sc. verbis): breviter (in a few words): strictim: carptim (only superficially, not at length, opposed to copiose); breviter strictimque. praecise (in few words, opposed to plene et perfecte): presse or pressius (briefly, but at the same time, exhausting the matter; e.g., definire): to speak concisely, breviter or paucis, or praecise dicere (opposed to copiose, plene et perfecte dicere): brevi praecidere; paucis or breviter scribere or perscribere: to develope one’s ideas, etc., concisely on a subject, breviter exponere or paucis absolvere aliquid; in pauca conferre aliquid; breviter astringere aliquid (to mention anything concisely; e.g., argumenta): very concisely, in verba conferam paucissima.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for concisely?
- The usual Latin words for “concisely” are brevis, paucī, strictim; also carptim, praecīsus, premō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.