angustia

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

angustia ae (sing.very rare), and angustiae, ārum, f

angustus, narrowness, straitness : itineris, Cs.: loci, S.— Meton., a narrow place, narrow part, neck, defile, strait : Graeciae: angustiae saltibus inclusae, pass , L.—Of time, shortness . ut me temporis angustiae coegerunt: angustiae quas natura nobis dedit (sc. temporis). — Fig., scarcity, want, poverty : aerarii; pecuniae publicae: rei frumentariae, Cs.: pro angustiā rerum, Ta.: ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem.— Difficulty, distress, perplexity : in angustias adduci: cum in his angustiis res esset, Cs.: petitionis.— Narrowness, meanness : pectoris tui: orationem in angustias compellere, narrowness of view : verborum, verbal trifling .—Of style, brevity, succinctness : angustia conclusae orationis.