angustus

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂énǵʰus, from *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”). Cognate with German eng, Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ).

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

angustus (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		angustō		angustīs
accusative	angustum	angustam	angustum		angustōs	angustās	angusta
ablative	angustō	angustā	angustō		angustīs
vocative	anguste	angusta	angustum		angustī	angustae	angusta

Synonyms

• artus, brevis, contractus

Antonyms

• latus

Derived terms

• angusti-

Related terms

• angustō
• angor

Descendants

• Albanian: ngushtë
• Aromanian: ngustu
• French: anguis
• Galician: angosto

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

References

• angustus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• angustus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• angustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta