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 ( Luc. ), 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. 669: 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.—
G 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.—
H 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.