βραχύνω

A. abridge, shorten, i. e. to be a sign of a brief attack, Hp. Aph. 1.12; use as short, συλλαβήν Pl. Per. 4:—Pass., opp. μηκύνομαι, Luc. Hist.Conscr. 55; ‐όμενον φωνῆεν Heph. 1.1, D.T. 633.