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Breve

noun
1.
A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound.



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... has sepala pet. conformia extus alba, intus fusco-brunnea, labellum cucullatum, breve, calcaratum; intus inconspicue bilamellatum; extus albidum margines versus exceptis qua uti intus fusco- sanguineum, fauce saturatiore. Columnae albae clavale sursum subulata. Anthera fere immersa, Rostellum integrum ut in omnibus glandula orbotis Pollinia 8. 5 A.M.—Temperature ...
— Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and The - Neighbouring Countries • William Griffith
... ellos [los que habian procurado el Breve] y pretensor de mitra, le costo la vida el sentimiento que tuvo de ver tan indignado al Rey Catolico'. I have not been able to consult Jesus y Maria's work. My quotation, like Alonso Getino's (op. cit., p. 354), is taken at second-hand ...
— Fray Luis de Leon - A Biographical Fragment • James Fitzmaurice-Kelly


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