angustus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”) via a form like *h₂enǵʰ-os-tos, from a neuter s-stem *h₂enǵʰ-os (“narrowness”),[1][2] which would correspond to unattested Latin *angus, *angeris (possibly also the base of the name of the goddess Angerōna)[3] and the adjective-forming suffix *-tós (corresponding to Latin -tus). The same root is found in Latin angō and angor, and in German eng, Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ). For the ending, compare onustus, venustus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

angustus (feminine angusta, neuter angustum, comparative angustior, superlative angustissimus); first/second-declension adjective

  1. narrow, strait (especially of local relations)
  2. close, contracted, constricted, small, not spacious
  3. (figuratively) short, brief
    • 8 CE – 12 CE, Ovid, Sorrows 5:
      Efficit angustos nec mihi bruma dies.
      Winter does not make the days short (for me).

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

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References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “angō”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 42
  2. ^ Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 62
  3. ^ Wagenvoort, H. (1980) “Diva Angerona”, in Pietas: Selected Studies in Roman Religion, Leiden: E.J. Brill, page 23

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