Associations to the word «Brevis»

Wiktionary

BREVIS IN LONGO, noun. (poetry) (Greek and Latin meter) The situation where a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche