angusto
τὸ πολὺ τοῦ βίου ἐν δικαστηρίοις φεύγων τε καὶ διώκων κατατρίβομαι → waste the greater part of one's life in courts either as plaintiff or defendant
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
angusto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. angustus,
I to make narrow, to straiten (first used after the Aug. per.): Cujus (Hellesponti) iter caesis angustans corporum acervis, Cat. 64, 359: (puteus) ore angustatur, Plin. 17, 8, 4, § 45: servorum turba, quae quamvis magnam domum angustet, Sen. Cons. ad Helv. 11: maris angustat fauces, Luc. 5, 232: angustare aëris meatus. id. 4, 327: animam in artus tumidos angustare, Stat. Th. 4, 827; 12, 665.—Trop., to circumscribe, restrain: gaudia sua, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 29: angustanda sunt patrimonia, id. Tranq. 8.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
angustō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre (angustus), tr., rendre étroit, rétrécir : Catul. 64, 359 ; Plin. 17, 45 ; cf. mss Cic. Rep. 6, 21
