English → Latin
“shortness” in Latin
brevitāsshortness; narrowness; briefness, brevity, shortness; conciseness, terseness, brevityexiguitāsscantiness; smallness, shortness; scarcityangustĭaesingbreviloquentiabrevity, conciseness (of speech)mēme, myself; accusative singular of ego; by me, with me, from me; ablative singular of ego
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
shortness
brevitas (general term, in space and time): exiguitas (limited extent). Shortness of stature, brevitas corporis: shortness of time, temporis brevitas (general term); temporis exiguitas or angustiae (in respect of a business, etc.): shortness in speaking, brevitas dicendi (general term): breviloquentia (as a property, Cic., ap. Gell., 12, 2, med.); celeritas dicendi (quickness). To study shortness, brevitati servire; brevitatem adhibere; (in anything) in aliqua re (e.g., in interpretando).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for shortness?
- The usual Latin words for “shortness” are brevitās, exiguitās, angustĭae; also breviloquentia, mē. 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.