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
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..."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..."
