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brevis in longo

brevis in longo noun: the situation where a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long.

Noun

brevis in longo (uncountable)

  1. (Greek and Latin meter) The situation where a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long.

Origin of brevis in longo

From Latin brevis in longō (brevis (“short (syllable)”) + in (“in”) + longus (“long”)).

Questions about brevis in longo

What does brevis in longo mean?
Brevis in longo means the situation where a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long.
What part of speech is brevis in longo?
Brevis in longo is a noun.

Words near brevis in longo in the dictionary

  1. brevipolides
  2. brevirostral
  3. brevirostrate
  4. brevirostrine
  5. brevirostry
  6. brevis in longo
  7. breviscapine
  8. brevitic
  9. brevities
  10. brevitoxin
  11. brevity

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