angis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ango, angere, anxi, anctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Bio/medical
choke, throttle, strangle; press tight; distress, cause pain, vex, trouble;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
- L
Liber VIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...ante tempus cadit. Quid autem dementius quam angi futuris nec se tormento reservare, sed arcessere sibi miserias..." - P
Metamorphoses XV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...matris latitavimus alvo: artifices natura manus admovit et angi corpora visceribus distentae condita matris noluit eque domo vacuas..."