brevis in longo

noun

The situation where a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long.

OriginLatin brevis in longō →
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Meanings

nounbrevis in longo (uncountable)
  1. uncountableGreek and Latin metercommunicationsThe situation where a short syllable at the end of a line can be counted as long.

Origin

  1. Latinbrevis in longō
  2. Englishbrevis in longo

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

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