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
- narrow, strait (especially of local relations)
- close, contracted, small, not spacious
Inflection
First/second declension.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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 |
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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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta
- (ambiguous) credit is low throughout Italy: fides tota Italia est angusta
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