coangusto
Περὶ τοῦ ἐπέκεινα τοῦ νοῦ κατὰ μὲν νόησιν πολλὰ λέγεται, θεωρεῖται δὲ ἀνοησίᾳ κρείττονι νοήσεως → On the subject of that which is beyond intellect, many statements are made on the basis of intellection, but it may be immediately cognised only by means of a non-intellection superior to intellection
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cŏ-angusto: āvi, ātum, v. a.,
I to bring into a narrow compass, to confine, compress, contract, enclose, hem in (rare and mostly post-Aug.).
I Prop.: alvos, * Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 15: quo facilius fistula claudatur vel certe coangustetur, Cels. 7, 27 fin.; Auct. B. Hisp. 5; cf. Aur. Vict. Epit. 42: aditum aedium, Dig. 19, 2, 19.—Of a city, to invest, besiege: et coangustabunt te undique, Vulg. Luc. 19, 43.—
II Trop., to limit, restrict: haec lex dilatata in ordinem cunctum, coangustari etiam potest, * Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: aliquid interpretatione, Dig. 50, 16, 120.—
B In gen., to afflict, Vulg. 2 Par. 33, 12.
