βραχύς
"short", Lat. brevis:
1. of Space and Time, Hdt., attic; ἐν βραχεῖ (ionic βραχέϊ) in a "short" time, "briefly", Hdt., etc.; διὰ βραχέος Thuc.:—adv. βραχέως, "scantily, seldom", id=Hdt.
2. of Size, "short, small, little", Pind., Soph.; βρ. τεῖχος a "low" wall, Thuc.; κατὰ βραχύ "little by little", id=Thuc.
3. of Quantity, "few", διὰ βραχέων "in few words", Plat.; διὰ βραχυτάτων Dem.:—adv., βραχέως, "briefly, in few words", Xen.
4. of quality, "humble, insignificant", Soph.:—of things, "small, petty, trifling", id=Xen., etc.:—neut. as adv., βραχὺ φροντίζειν τινός to think "lightly" of, Dem.