angustus, angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angustus | angusti |
| Gen. | angusti | angustorum |
| Dat. | angusto | — |
| Acc. | angustum | angustos |
| Voc. | anguste | angusti |
| Abl. | angusto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angusta | angustae |
| Gen. | angustae | angustarum |
| Dat. | angustae | — |
| Acc. | angustam | angustas |
| Voc. | angusta | angustae |
| Abl. | angusta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angustum | angusta |
| Gen. | angusti | angustorum |
| Dat. | angusto | — |
| Acc. | angustum | angusta |
| Voc. | angustum | angusta |
| Abl. | angusto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angustius | angustiora |
| Gen. | angustioris | — |
| Acc. | angustius | angustiora |
| Voc. | angustius | angustiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angustissimus | angustissimi |
| Gen. | angustissimi | angustissimorum |
| Dat. | angustissimo | — |
| Acc. | angustissimum | angustissimos |
| Voc. | angustissime | angustissimi |
| Abl. | angustissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angustissima | angustissimae |
| Gen. | angustissimae | angustissimarum |
| Dat. | angustissimae | — |
| Acc. | angustissimam | angustissimas |
| Voc. | angustissima | angustissimae |
| Abl. | angustissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | angustissimum | angustissima |
| Gen. | angustissimi | angustissimorum |
| Dat. | angustissimo | — |
| Acc. | angustissimum | angustissima |
| Voc. | angustissimum | angustissima |
| Abl. | angustissimo | — |
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...classi. heu pudor, exigua est fugiens uictoria Magnus. angustus puppes mittebat in aequora limes artior Euboica, qua Chalcida..." - L
Libri XIV-XV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...possessionum propagabitis? Ager uni domino qui populum cepit angustus est? Quousque arationes vestras porrigetis, ne provinciarum quidem spatio..." - L
ad Helviam
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE CONSOLATIONE
"...lapis caeditur, non auri argentique uenae eruuntur.' 2. Angustus animus est quem terrena delectant: ad illa abducendus..." - L
Medea
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...duos perimam, tamen nimium est dolori numerus angustus meo. in matre si quod pignus etiamnunc latet, scrutabor ense..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...toto iugulo non oportet, alioqui amictus fiet angustus et dignitatem quae est in latitudine pectoris perdet. Sinistrum bracchium..." - M
XIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...vicinus sum. Est mihi paternus, iudices, agellus, sane angustus et pauper, non vitibus consitus, non frumentis ferax..." - M
VI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...sunt iura, quae obstent, si tamen angustus saltem detur accessus, per quem intrare humanitas possit, vera clementia occasione..." 
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...corpora turba inuolui prolapsa sua; manet ille ruentes angustus telis et inexpugnabilis obstat. non aliter Getica..."