concise Copy link Outline 1. brĕvis, e2. concīsus (i. e. with all redundancies cut away)3. astrictus (ads.)4. densus (close in style; having the matter closely packed)5. pressus • concise: 1. brĕvis, e: v. brief. 2. concīsus (i. e. with all redundancies cut away): c. sentences, c. sententiae, Cic.: c. brevity, c. brevitas, Cic.: joined with angustus, Cic.; with brevis, Quint. 3. astrictus (ads.): a contracted and c. kind of eloquence (a description applied to logic), contracta et a. eloquentia, Cic. 4. densus (close in style; having the matter closely packed): in Demosthenes everything is c., in Demosthene d. sunt omnia, Quint. 5. pressus: implying a simple and unadorned use of language generally: Quint.