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 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
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