Meaning of angustus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. narrow, close, contracted, constricted, confined, small, not spacious
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
2. narrow, strait
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2
3. short, brief
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2, figuratively

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Examples

“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.

“Efficit angustos nec mihi bruma dies.”

Winter does not make the days short (for me).

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