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σύντομ-ος , ον,
A.cut short, abridged, esp. of a road, ἀτραπὸς ξ. a short cut, Ar.Ra.123; “ κατάβασις -ωτέρηHdt.7.223; “τὰ σύντομα τῆς ὁδοῦId.1.185, 4.136; -ώτατον the shortest cut, Id.2.158, 4.183; “τὰ -ώταταTh.2.97; σύντομος (sc. ὁδός) Hdt.5.17, X.HG7.2.13, etc.; “-ωτάτη ὁδόςHeraclit.(?) 135; “τὴν -ωτάτην . . ἦγεX.HG7.5.21; cf. “συντέμνω11,111.
2. of language, concise, brief, “μῦθοςA.Pers.698 (troch.), cf. E.Heracl.784 (Sup.), etc; “-ώτερος λόγοςIsoc.3.27; “ς. λέξιςArist.Rh.1414a25; “ἐπεισόδιαId.Po.1455b16; ς. ἀνάμνησις a concise summary, Id.Rh.Al.1433b29; “διαλογισμόςEpicur.Ep.2p.35U.; φανῶ . . σημεῖα τῶνδε ς. S.OT710; τὸ ς. conciseness, D.H. Vett.Cens.3.1.
4. of stature, short, Call.Epigr.13.
II. Adv. -μως concisely, briefly, ς. φημίσασθαι, λέξειν, etc., A.Ag.629, Eu.585, etc.; πεύσει τὰ πάντα ς. ib.415; “ὡς ς. εἰπεῖνPl.Ti.25e: also neut. pl., “εἰπέ μοι μὴ μῆκος, ἀλλὰ σύντομαS.Ant.446 (v.l. συντόμως): Comp. “-ώτερονIsoc.4.64, etc.: Sup. “-ώταταId.10.30; “συντομώτατον εἰπεῖνAlex.245.4: but also -ωτέρως, Is.11.3 (cj.), Epicur.Ep.1p.27U.; “-ωτάτωςS.OC1579.
2. of Time, shortly, quickly, immediately, “ἀπολλύναιHp.Aph.3.12, cf. S.OT810, PCair.Zen.412.9 (iii B.C.), Plb.8.16.7, J.AJ7.9.7. Sor.1.91, etc.: Sup. “-ώταταRev.Arch.22(1925).62 (Callatis, iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.28.8 (iii B.C.).
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