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angustum

angustum is a Latin form of angustus, meaning “narrow, confined; difficult; (angustiae) narrow pass, difficulties”. It is the accusative singular neuter adjective.

Found 71 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.6.1: Erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent: unum per Sequanos, angustum et difficile, inter montem Iuram et flumen Rhodanum, vix qua singuli carri ducerentur, mons autem altissimus impendebat, ut facile perpauci prohibere possent;

Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.274: Angustum circa fascia pectus eat.

All forms of angustus (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.