angustia
Italian
Verb
angustia
- third-person singular present indicative of angustiare
- second-person singular imperative of angustiare
Latin
Etymology
Via anguere, variant of angere.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /anˈɡus.ti.a/, [aŋˈɡʊs.ti.a]
Noun
angustia f (genitive angustiae); first declension
- (in the plural) narrowness, straitness
- (in the plural) defile, straight
- want, anguish
- brevity, simplicity
- (in the plural) tribulations, trials, difficulties, necessities
Inflection
First declension.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | angustia | angustiae |
Genitive | angustiae | angustiārum |
Dative | angustiae | angustiīs |
Accusative | angustiam | angustiās |
Ablative | angustiā | angustiīs |
Vocative | angustia | angustiae |
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References
- angustia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- angustia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be in a dilemma; in difficulties: in angustiis, difficultatibus, esse or versari
- to be in a dilemma; in difficulties: angustiis premi, difficultatibus affici
- (ambiguous) to place some one in an embarrassing position: in angustias adducere aliquem
- (ambiguous) to be reduced to extreme financial embarrassment: in maximas angustias (pecuniae) adduci
- to be in a dilemma; in difficulties: in angustiis, difficultatibus, esse or versari
- angustia in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- angustia in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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