angustus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰu-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-. Cognate with Sanskrit अंहु (aṃhu), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /anˈɡus.tus/, [aŋˈɡus.tus]

Adjective

angustus m (feminine angusta, neuter angustum); first/second declension

1. narrow, strait (especially of local relations)
2. close, contracted, small, not spacious

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case \ Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	angustus	angusta	angustum		angustī	angustae	angusta
genitive	angustī	angustae	angustī		angustōrum	angustārum	angustōrum
dative	angustō	angustae	angustō		angustīs	angustīs	angustīs
accusative	angustum	angustam	angustum		angustōs	angustās	angusta
ablative	angustō	angustā	angustō		angustīs	angustīs	angustīs
vocative	anguste	angusta	angustum		angustī	angustae	angusta

Synonyms

• artus, brevis, contractus

Antonyms

• latus

Derived terms

• angusti-

Related terms

• angustō

Descendants

• Albanian: ngushtë
• Aromanian: ngustu
• French: anguis
• Italian: angusto

• Portuguese: angusto
• Romanian: îngust
• Spanish: angosto