βραχυλογία

A. brevity in speech or writing, Hp. Decent. 12, Pl. Grg. 449c; β. τις Αακωνική Id. Prt. 343b, etc.; ἡ Πιττακοῦ β. Plu. 2.153e, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 243 (pl.); opp. μῆκος, Pl. Lg. 887b.