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ango (vai alla coniugazione) terza coniugazione (paradigma: angō, angis, anxi, anctum, angĕre)

  1. soffocare, strangolare
  2. (per estensione) angustiare, affliggere, tormentare, far soffrire, causare dolore o ansia
  • (pronuncia classica) IPA: /ˈaŋ.ɡoː/
  • (pronuncia ecclesiastica) IPA: /ˈan.ɡo/

dalla radice proto-italica *ango, a sua volta dalla radice proto-indoeuropea *h₂enǵʰ-, "stringere, stretto"; dalla stessa radice anche l'aggettivo latino angustus, "stretto"; il greco antico ἄγχω (ánkhō, "strangolare") e ἀγχοῦ (ankhoû), "vicino, stretto, prossimo"; il tedesco eng, "stretto"; il sanscrito अंहु (áṃhu), "stretto", ed il proto-slavo ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ)