Adjective: angustus
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | angustus |
| Singular fem. | angusta |
| Singular neut. | angustum |
| Plural masc. | angustī |
| Plural fem. | angustae |
| Plural neut. | angusta |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | angustī |
| Singular fem. | angustae |
| Singular neut. | angustī |
| Plural masc. | angustōrum |
| Plural fem. | angustārum |
| Plural neut. | angustōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | angustō |
| Singular fem. | angustae |
| Singular neut. | angustō |
| Plural masc. | angustīs |
| Plural fem. | angustīs |
| Plural neut. | angustīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | angustum |
| Singular fem. | angustam |
| Singular neut. | angustum |
| Plural masc. | angustōs |
| Plural fem. | angustās |
| Plural neut. | angusta |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | angustō |
| Singular fem. | angustā |
| Singular neut. | angustō |
| Plural masc. | angustīs |
| Plural fem. | angustīs |
| Plural neut. | angustīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | anguste |
| Singular fem. | angusta |
| Singular neut. | angustum |
| Plural masc. | angustī |
| Plural fem. | angustae |
| Plural neut. | angusta |
Comparison
| Comparative | angustior |
| Superlative | angustissimus |
Sample Sentences
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Prō multitūdine autem hominum et prō glōriā bellī atque fortitūdinis angustōs sē fīnēs habēre arbitrābantur, quī in longitūdinem mīlia passuum CCXL, in lātitūdinem CLXXX patēbant. (However, on account of the great number of people and their reputation for war and bravery, they thought that they had narrow boundaries, which extended 240 [Roman] miles in length and 180 in width.) [c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.2]
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Efficit angustos nec mihi bruma dies. (Winter does not make the days short (for me).) [8 CE – 12 CE, Ovidius, Tristia 5]
Adjectives inflected like angustus
scītus,
inadustus,
saevus,
commodus,
vāstus,
frāctus,
perfectus,
pecūniōsus,
scelestus,
īnfestus,
īnfirmus,
splendidus,
perītus,
iugōsus,
glōriōsus,
vulgātus,
lascīvus,
sevērus,
irritus,
facinorōsus, etc. (List truncated at 20 adjectives)
Etymology
1. From Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- (“narrow, tight”) via a neuter s-stem noun *h₂enǵʰ-os (“narrowness”) combined with the adjective-forming suffix *-tós (equivalent to -tus). Comparative data does not establish when the adjective was derived, but its form would hypothetically correspond to *h₂enǵʰostos in Proto-Indo-European and to *angostos in Proto-Italic or Pre-Latin: this became angustus by the Latin sound change of vowel reduction, which replaced *o with /u/ in non-initial closed syllables. The neuter s-stem noun (Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ-os, Proto-Italic *angos) would have evolved regularly in Classical Latin to *angus, *angeris if it had survived. Another word potentially derived from this noun is the name of the goddess Angerōna.
2. The root is also found in Latin angō and angor, and in German eng, Sanskrit अंहु (áṃhu), Old Church Slavonic ѫзъкъ (ǫzŭkŭ).
3. For the ending, compare onustus, venustus. See: German Adjectives '
eng'.
Verbs referencing "angustus"
English Adjectives
English, Czech Adjectives
úzký, Galician Adjectives
angosto, Spanish Adjectives
angosto, Italian Adjectives
angusto, English Adjectives
angustifoliate, Romanian Adjectives
îngust, Slovak Adjectives
úzky, Catalan Adjectives
angost.
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