English → Latin
“conciseness” in Latin
brevitāsshortness; narrowness; briefness, brevity, shortness; conciseness, terseness, brevitybreviloquentiabrevity, conciseness (of speech)ThūcȳdidēsA celebrated Greek historian; An Athenian statesman
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
conciseness
brevitas (in a speech): breviloquentia (Cic., Gell., 12, 2, 7): conciseness in speaking, brevitas dicendi (general term): celeritas dicendi (quickness in speaking): the emphatical conciseness (with regard to style) of Thucydides, *astricta brevitas Thucydidis: to study conciseness, brevitati servire; brevitatem adhibere, in anything, in aliqua re; brevitatem sequi in aliqua re (e.g., in explaining, in interpretando): the time itself compels me to study conciseness, breviloquentem me tempus ipsum facit: with conciseness, breviter; paucis (verbis) [Vid: CONCISELY]: with the utmost possible conciseness, quam brevissime: to say every thing with the utmost conciseness, omnia breviter strictimque (not in transcursu) dicere.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for conciseness?
- The usual Latin words for “conciseness” are brevitās, breviloquentia, Thūcȳdidēs. 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.