angustus

Latin > English

angustus angusta -um, angustior -or -us, angustissimus -a -um ADJ :: narrow, steep, close, confined; scanty, poor; low, mean; narrowminded, petty

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

angustus: a, um. adj. v. ango,
I narrow, strait, esp. of local relations, close, contracted, small, not spacious (syn.: artus, brevis, contractus; opp. latus, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92).
I Lit.: fretus, Lucr. 1, 720: Angustum per iter, id. 5, 1132; so Sall. J. 92, 7, and Vulg. Judith, 4, 6; 7, 5: pontes angusti, Cic. Leg. 3, 17: domus, id. Fin. 1, 20, 65: fauces portūs angustissimae, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: fines, id. B. G. 1, 2 Herz.: cellae, Hor. S. 1, 8, 8: rima, id. Ep. 1, 7, 29: Principis angustā Caprearum in rupe sedentis, on the narrow rock, Juv. 10, 93 Herm., where Jahn reads augusta, both readings yielding an apposite sense: porta, Vulg. Matt. 7, 13; ib. Luc. 13, 24 al.—Subst.: angustum, i, n., narrowness: per angustum, Lucr. 4, 530: angusta viarum, Verg. A. 2, 332: pontes et viarum angusta, Tac. H. 4, 35.—
II Trop.
   A In angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etc., to reduce to a strait, i. e. to restrain, confine, etc.: ab illā immensā societate humani generis in exiguum angustumque concluditur, Cic. Off. 1, 17: amicitia ex infinitā societate generis humani ita contracta est et adducta in angustum, ut, etc., id. Am. 5.—Of the passions, to curb, restrain, moderate: perturbationes animi contrahere et in angustum deducere, Cic. Ac. 1, 10.—
   B Of other things: clavus angustus, the narrow purple stripe upon the tunic, v. clavus: spiritus, short, difficult, Cic. de Or. 1, 61: odor rosae, not diffused far, Plin. 21, 4, 10, § 14.—Once also of the point of an arrow = acutus, Cels. 7, 5, n. 2.—
   C Of time, short, brief: angustus dies, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 8; Stat. Th. 1, 442: nox, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 25: tempus, Luc. 4, 447.—
   D Of means of living, and the like, pinching, scanty, needy: pauperies, Hor. C. 3, 2, 1: res angusta domi, Juv. 3, 164: mensa, Sen. Thyest. 452: domus, poor, i. e. built without much expense, Tac. A. 2, 33.—
   E Of other external relations of life, difficult, critical, uncertain: rebus angustis animosus atque Fortis adpare, Hor. C. 2, 10, 21: cum fides totā Italiā esset angustior, was weakened, Caes. B. C. 3, 1.—Subst.: angustum, i, n., a difficult, critical, condition, danger: in angustum cogi, * Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2: res est in angusto, the condition is perilous, Caes. B. G. 2, 25: spes est in angusto, hope is feeble, Cels. 8, 4.—
   F Of mind or character, narrow, base, low, mean-spirited: nihil est tam angusti animi, tam parvi, quam amare divitias, Cic. Off. 1, 20, 68: animi angusti et demissi, id. Pis. 24, 57: ecce autem alii minuti et angusti, aut omnia semper desperantes, aut malevoli, invidi, etc., id. Fin. 1, 18, 61.—
Of learned investigations that lay too much stress upon little things, subtle, hair-splitting: minutae angustaeque concertationes, Cic. de Or. 3, 31: pungunt (Stoici) quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis, id. Fin. 4, 3, 7.—
Of discourse, brief, simple: et angusta quaedam et concisa, et alia est dilatata et fusa oratio, Cic. Or. 56, 187: Intonet angusto pectore Callimachus, i.e. in simple style, Prop. 2, 1, 40.—Adv.: angustē.
I Lit., of space, quantity, or number, within narrow limits, closely, hardly: recepissem te, nisi anguste sederem, if I were not in close quarters, Cic. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3: anguste putare vitem, to prune close, Col. 4, 16, 1; so, anguste aliquid deputare, id. 4, 22, 3: quā (re frumentariā) anguste utebatur, in small quantity, Caes. B. C. 3, 16: tantum navium repperit, ut anguste quindecim milia militum, quingentos equites transportare possent, = vix, scarcely fifteen thousand, id. ib. 3, 2.—Comp.: angustius pabulabantur, within narrower range, Caes. B. C. 1, 59: aliae (arbores) radices angustius diffundunt, Varr. R. R. 1, 37, 5: quanto sit angustius imperitatum, Tac. A. 4, 4: eo anno frumentum propter siccitates angustius provenerat, more scantily, Caes. B. G. 5, 24.—Sup.: Caesar (nitebatur) ut quam angustissime Pompeium contineret, Caes. B. C. 3, 45: furunculus angustissime praecisus, Col. 4, 24, 17. —
II Trop.
   A In gen., within narrow limits: anguste intraque civiles actiones coërcere rhetoricam, Quint. 2, 15, 36.— Comp.: haud scio an recte ea virtus frugalitas appellari possit, quod angustius apud Graecos valet, qui frugi homines χρησίμους appellant, id est tantum modo utiles, has a narrower meaning, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8, 16: Reliqui habere se videntur angustius, enatant tamen etc., seem to be more hampered, id. ib. 5, 31, 87.—
   B Esp. of speaking or writing, closely, briefly, concisely, without diffuseness: anguste scribere, Cic. Mur. 13, 28: anguste et exiliter dicere, id. Brut. 84, 289: anguste disserere, id. Part. Or. 41, 139: presse et anguste rem definire, id. Or. 33, 117: anguste materiem terminare, Quint. 7, 4, 40.—Comp.: Pergit idem et urget angustius, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22: concludere brevius angustiusque, id. ib. 2, 7, 20.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

angustus,⁸ a, um (ang-, cf. ango, ἄγχω),
1 étroit, resserré : angusta domus Cic. Fin. 1, 65 ; castra angusta Cæs. G. 4, 30, 1 ; angustus aditus Cæs. C. 2, 25, 1, maison peu spacieuse, camp de faible étendue, entrée étroite
2 [en parl. du temps] étroit, limité : Virg. G. 4, 197 ; Sen. Rhet. Contr. 2, 3, 7 ; Quint. 11, 1, 46 ; Sen. Ep. 17, 9 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 2, 7, 4
3 [fig.] étroit, limité, étroitement mesuré : nostra (liberalitas) angustior Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8, ma générosité se limite davantage ; angusta re frumentaria utebatur Cæs. C. 3, 43, 3, il avait un approvisionnement restreint
4 [rhét.] angusta oratio Cic. Or. 187, style à phrases étrécies, resserré ; in angustissimam formulam sponsionis aliquem concludere Cic. Com. 12, enfermer qqn dans la très étroite formule de l’engagement réciproque
5 [en parl. de l’esprit] étroit, mesquin, borné : Cic. Pis. 57 ; Off. 1, 68, etc.; alii minuti et angusti Cic. Fin. 1, 61, d’autres à l’esprit pusillanime et étréci || [en part.] étroit [= où l’on est à l’étroit, gêné]: in rebus tam subitis tamque angustis Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 3, dans des circonstances si soudaines et si pressantes ; unde angusta et lubrica oratio Tac. Ann. 2, 87, ce qui faisait que la parole était à l’étroit et sur un terrain glissant.

Latin > German (Georges)

angustus, a, um (v. Stamme ANG, griech. ΑΓΧ, wovon auch ango, ἄγχω, angulus), eng, schmal, I) eig.: a) v. Örtl., eng, schmal, nicht geräumig (Ggstz. latus), pons, Cic.: fenestra, Col.: vascula oris angusti, Quint.: via, semita, Liv.: scrobis, Tac.: trames, Plin. u. (bildl.) Lact.: montes, schmale (= steil abfallende), Caes.: non angustior amne, Ov.: fauces portus angustissimae, Caes. – subst., angustum, ī, n., die Enge, der enge Raum, per angustum, Lucr.: in angusto laborare, Sen.: in angusto tendere (kampieren), Liv.: in angusto si est, Cels.: Plur., Thermopylarum angusta, Sen.: angusta viarum, Verg. u. Tac. – b) v. anderen Dingen, eng, schmal, knapp, kurz (Ggstz. latus, amplus), conus, Lucr.: sagitta, mit schmaler Spitze, Cels.: spiritus angustior, kurzer Atem, Cic.: poet., intonet angusto pectore Callimachus, engbrüstig (u. dah. in kurzen, einfachen Sätzen), Prop.: sus, schmal, schmächtig, Plin.: folia, Plin.: clavus, der schmale Purpurstreif an der Tunika (Ggstz. latus cl.), Vell. u. Suet.: odor rosae, kurzer, d.i. nicht weit riechender Duft, Plin.: habenae, knapp, straff angezogen, Tibull. – II) übtr.: 1) im allg.: in angustum concludere, adducere, deducere, etwas in die Enge ziehen, d.i. einschränken, beschränken, Cic.: in angustum deducere perturbationes, die Leidenschaften beschränken, bezähmen, zügeln, Cic. – u. angustā differentiā, mit unmerklichem Unterschiede, Plin. 21, 23 zw. (Detl. differentia etiam gustu). – n. pl. subst., angusta, das Beschränkte (Ggstz. longe et late pervagata), Cic. top. 69. – 2) insbes.: a) v. der Zeit, beschränkt, knapp zugemessen, kurz, nox, dies, Ov.: tempus tum liberum tum angustum, Quint. – b) v. Besitz, Vermögen, Aufwand usw., knapp, beschränkt, dürftig, spärlich, gering, res frumentaria, Caes.: aquatio, Auct. b. Afr. 51, 5: liberalitas angustior, Cic.: pauperies, Hor.: angustas civium domos, auch die Haushaltungen der Bürger eng begrenzt (beschränkt) gewesen seien, Tac.: tenuis et ang. ingenii vena, Quint. – c) v. andern äußern Lebensverhältnissen, beschränkt, beengt, bedenklich, mißlich, res angustae, Cic.: fides angustior, geschwächter Kredit, Caes.: defensio, beschränkte, Cic.: so auch ang. et lubrica oratio, Tac. – subst., angustum, ī, n., die Klemme, die bedenkliche-, mißliche Lage, Verlegenheit, Not, in angustum nunc meae coguntur copiae, Ter.: res est in angusto, Caes.: spes est in angusto, es besteht wenig Hoffnung, Cels.: in angustum venire, ins Gedränge, in Verlegenheit kommen, Cic. – d) v. der sinnl. Empfindung, beschränkt, sensus (Plur.), Cic. Acad. 1, 44. – e) v. Gemüt u. Charakter, beschränkt, niedrig, engherzig, animi angusti est, es zeugt von Engherzigkeit, Cic.: alii minuti et angusti, Cic. – f) vom Vortrag, von der Rede usw., α) der »Form« nach auf wenige, kurze Sätze eingeschränkt, gedrängt, kurz, einfach, ang. et concisae disputationes, Cic.: quod si et angusta quaedam atque concisa et alia est collatata et diffusa oratio, Cic. – β) dem »Inhalt« nach in den Ansichten beschränkt, engherzig u. dah. auch peinlich, minutae angustaeque concertationes, Cic.: pungunt, quasi aculeis, interrogatiunculis angustis, mit ihren peinlichen Konsequenzmachereien, Cic.

Latin > Chinese

angustus, a, um. adj. c. s. :: 窄者。 窮。賤。 — animus 度量淺狹。小氣。Res angusta 家貧。 Angusta mens 小明 悟。才謭。愚鈍。Odoris angusti rosa 少香之玫瑰。In angustum venire 境遇貧窮。In angustum adduci vel cogi 逼到窄之步。

Translations

narrow

Afrikaans: smal; Albanian: i ngushtë; Arabic: ضَيِّق‎; Egyptian Arabic: ضيق‎; Moroccan Arabic: مضيق‎, مضيقة‎; Armenian: նեղ; Aromanian: strãmtu, ngustu; Asturian: estrechu; Azerbaijani: dar; Bashkir: тар; Basque: estu; Belarusian: вузкі; Bikol Central: hayakpit; Bulgarian: тесен; Burmese: ကျဉ်း, ကျဉ်းကျပ်; Catalan: estret, estreta, angost; Chechen: готта; Cherokee: ᏯᏙᏟ; Chinese Cantonese: 窄; Mandarin: 窄; Crimean Tatar: tar; Czech: úzký; Danish: snæver, tæt, smal; Dutch: nauw, smal; Eshtehardi: تینگ‎; Esperanto: streta, mallarĝa, malvasta; Estonian: kitsas; Farefare: mika; Faroese: smalur, trongur, trongligur, snævur; Finnish: kapea; French: étroit; Friulian: stret; Gagauz: dar, дар; Galician: estreito, angosto, apertado; Georgian: ვიწრო; German: eng, begrenzt, schmal; Gothic: 𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌿𐍃; Greek: στενός; Ancient Greek: ἀραιός, λαγαρός, ὀλίγος, πυκνός, στεινός, στεῖνος, στενός, στένος, στενόχωρος, στενωπός, ψυδνός, ψύθιος; Guaraní: po'i; Haitian Creole: jennen, jis; Hebrew: צר‎; Higaonon: malig-ut; Hindi: तंग; Hungarian: szűk, keskeny; Icelandic: þröngur; Indonesian: sempit; Ingush: готта; Irish: cúng, caol; Old Irish: cumung, cáel; Istriot: strento; Italian: stretto, angusto; Japanese: 狭い; Javanese: sesak; Kanakanabu: 'anuupica; Karachay-Balkar: тар; Karaim: tar; Kashubian: wąsczi; Kazakh: тар; Khakas: тар; Khmer: ចង្អៀត; Korean: 좁은, 좁다; Kurdish Central Kurdish: تەسک‎; Kumyk: тар; Kyrgyz: тар; Lao: ຄັບ; Latgalian: šaurs; Latin: angustus, artus; Latvian: šaurs; Limburgish: nej, smaal; Lithuanian: siauras; Macedonian: тесен; Maguindanao: magaget; Malay: sempit; Maltese: dojoq; Middle English: narwe; Mizo: zím; Mongolian: нарийн; Ngazidja Comorian: -samivu; Nogai: тар; Norman: êtrait; Norwegian Bokmål: smal, trang; Nynorsk: smal, trong; Occitan: estreit, estrech; Old Church Slavonic Cyrillic: ѫзъкъ; Glagolitic: ⱘⰸⱏⰽⱏ; Old East Slavic: узъкъ; Oromo: dhiphoo; Ossetian: нарӕг; Persian: تنگ‎; Plautdietsch: schmaul, enj; Polish: wąski, cienki; Portuguese: estreito, estreita; Quechua: kicki; Rapa Nui: rikiriki, vakavaka; Romanian: strâmt, îngust; Romansch: stretg; Russian: узкий, тесный; Rusyn: узкый; Sanskrit: अंहु; Sardinian: istrintu, strintu; Scottish Gaelic: caol, cumhang; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: у̏зак, уски; Roman: ȕzak, uski; Sherpa: དོག་པུ; Shor: тар; Sicilian: strittu; Slovak: úzky; Slovene: ozek; Sorbian Lower Sorbian: wuski, huzki; Southern Altai: тар; Spanish: estrecho, angosto; Swedish: trång, smal, långsmal; Tabasaran: дар; Tajik: танг; Tamil: குறுகிய; Tatar: тыгыз,тар; Telugu: ఇరుకైన, సన్నని; Tetum: kloot; Thai: แคบ; Tibetan: དོག་པོ; Tofa: тар; Turkish: dar; Turkmen: dar; Tuvan: тар; Ukrainian: вузький, вузький; Urdu: تنگ‎; Uyghur: تار‎; Uzbek: tor; Venetian: streto, stret, strento, strent; Vietnamese: hẹp, chật hẹp, eo hẹp, chật; Walloon: stroet, stroete; Welsh: cul; West Frisian: smel; Western Bukidnon Manobo: meliɣet; Westrobothnian: snjev; Yakut: кыараҕас, синньигэс; Yiddish: ענג‎, שמאָל‎; Zazaki: teng; Zealandic: smal