angustam
Dictionary entries
- Entry →angusta, angustae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Stelten (Ecclesiastical Latin)
- Age:
- Medieval
small/confined/narrow space/place/passage, strait, channel; crisis, extremities
acc. sg. - Entry →angustus, angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty;
acc. sg. (f.)
Examples
Satura III
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Herculis Antaeum procul a tellure tenentis, miratur vocem angustam, qua deterius nec ille sonat quo mordetur gallina marito..."
Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...furentes Centauros solidoque intorta adamante Gigantum uincula et angustam centeni Aegaeonis umbram?' 'immo,' ait, 'o nostrae regimen uiresque..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from ACHILLEID
"...linquunt avia miranturque suum decrescere montem, donec in angustam ceciderunt undique vallem; inque vicem stupuere greges socioque timore..."Liber III
Gaius Phaedrus from FABVLARVM AESOPIARVM LIBRI QVINQVE
"...populo sic nescioquis, ut fieri solet:"Quaeso, tam angustam talis uir ponis domum?" "Vtinam" inquit "ueris hanc amicis..."Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...numerum atque alto succedere caelo. Siquando sedem angustam servataque mella thesauris relines, prius haustu sparsus aquarum ora fove..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...urbem iussit. Philopoemen postquam citatum agmen per angustam et procliuem uiam duci raptim uidit, equitatum omnem et Cretensium..."Liber IX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...oppidanis congesta. Ubi cum constituisset Romanos semitamque angustam et arduam erectam ex oppido in arcem ostendisset, "hoc quidem..."Liber XV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...scrobem effodi iussit, quam Flavus ut humilem et angustam increpans, circumstantibus militibus, "ne hoc quidem," inquit, "ex disciplina..."