brachylogy

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A similar brachylogy at _EP_ I iv 31 'iunctior Haemonia est _Ponto_ quam Roma

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  1. noun Brevity of speech; conciseness.
  2. noun A shortened or condensed phrase or expression.

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  • A similar brachylogy at _EP_ I iv 31 'iunctior Haemonia est _Ponto_ quam Roma —  The Last Poems of Ovid
  • 38, _AA_ III 500, _Fast_ V 609, and _Aen_ III 455 & V 16; the origin of the metonymy seen at Prop III ix 30 'uelorum plenos ... sinus'); but the brachylogy here 'opportunity of filling my sails' is remarkable. —  The Last Poems of Ovid
 

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  1. Medieval Latin brachylogia, from Greek brakhulogiā : brakhu-, brachy- + logos, speech; see -logy.

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  1. = French brachylogie, from Greek βραχυλογία, brevity in speech or writing, from βραχυλόγος, short in speech, from βραχύς, short, + λέγειν, speak.
 

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