BREVE
- curved mark over a short vowel, as in a dictionary, or over an unstressed syllable in verse
- initial writ or any writ issued by a court of law
- the longest modern note, equivalent to two semibreves or whole notes
- a note equivalent to two whole notes
- a symbol used to indicate a short vowel [n BREVES]
- curved mark ? used to indicate a short vowel or a short or unstressed syllable