micrologus

micrologus [LL < μικρολόγος] 1 one who speaks briefly. a short speker, ~us CathA. 2 (rhet.) ? artificial shortening of syllable. corepcio sive subtraccio ~us Ps.-Gros. Gram. 70 (v. macrologus 2). 3 (as title of book) brief utterance. hac ‥ ratione de anathomia causa communis utilitatis, sicut in ~o promissum est, tractare volentes Ric. Med. Anat. 212.