angusto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →angusto, angustare, angustavi, angustatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
narrow, reduce width/size/amount, constrict, limit; choke, crowd together/hamper
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - 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;
abl. sg. (m.)abl. sg. (n.)dat. sg. (m.)dat. sg. (n.) - Entry →angustum, angusti:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
small/confined/narrow space/place/passage, strait, channel; crisis, extremities;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Themistocles
Cornelius Nepos
"...postridie alienissimo sibi loco, contra opportunissimo hostibus, adeo angusto mari conflixit, ut eius multitudo navium explicari non potuerit..."Satura X
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...unus Pellaeo iuueni non sufficit orbis, aestuat infelix angusto limite mundi ut Gyarae clausus scopulis paruaque Seripho..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...Glaphyrus fiat pater Ambrosiusque choraules. longa per angustos figamus pulpita uicos, ornentur postes et grandi ianua lauro..."Liber XIX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...vitam nobiscum dividit somnus. Ex hoc tempore tam angusto et rapido et nos auferente quid iuvat maiorem partem..."Libri XI-XIII
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...notum nobis orbem (neque enim potuit in tam angusto error esse tam longus): tempestates nos animi cotidie iactant..."Liber VI
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Itaque mecum stude, mecum cena, mecum ambula: in angusto vivebamus, si quicquam esset cogitationibus clusum. Video..."Liber V
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...adulescentia ad senectutem, aliud ipsam senectutem. In quam angusto quodam quot gradus posuit! Modo te prosecutus..."Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...ultra parua quam nocte iuuentus,consulite extremis angusto in tempore rebus.uita breuis nulli superest qui tempus in illaquaerendae..."
