anguste Latin · revision 33603

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=116–27 BC, Varro|origins=ine-pro *h2emǵh-os-to-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''angustē''' (comparative angustius, superlative angustissimē)^(Wiktionary)

+ Comparative ''angustius'', superlative ''angustissimē''.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|angustus|-ē|t1=narrow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) De Vaan traces [[m|la|angustus]] to [[itc-pro|*angosto-]] and [[ine-pro|*h2emǵh-os-to-|t=characterized by narrowness]], from the root of [[m|la|angō|t=to squeeze, choke]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[grc|ἄγχω|tr=ánkhō|t=to squeeze, strangle]] and [[goh|angust|t=fear]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero.^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's first citation is Varro, who derives ''sēmita'', a path, from a way that is narrow: ''qua id anguste, semita''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Its physical senses are within narrow limits, in a cramped manner, as Caesar's troops foraging within a narrow range and his effort to hem Pompey in as closely as possible;^(OLD 2012) of pruning it is closely.^(OLD 2012) It also means in a crowded manner, close together, as Varro's cows that should not stand too close and Caesar's soldiers packed on the ships,^(OLD 2012) and in small amount, sparingly, as grain that grew scantily in a dry year.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to a limited extent, and of speech or writing, within narrow limits, concisely or exactly:^(OLD 2012) Cicero speaks of nothing written so narrowly that he could not add a clause to it, and of those who think speaking in a narrow, meagre way is Attic.^(OLD 2012) It is also in a narrow sense, of a word's meaning.^(OLD 2012) Wiktionary adds the sense with difficulty.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro, of a narrow path and of cows standing close together.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of concise writing and a narrow sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of foraging within narrow limits.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # [[m|en|narrowly|alt=Narrowly]], within narrow limits, in a cramped manner; of pruning, closely.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # In a crowded manner, close together.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|sparingly|alt=Sparingly]], scantily; to a limited extent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Within narrow limits, [[m|en|concisely]], exactly; in a narrow sense.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # With difficulty.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[angustus]]

+ * [[angustia]]

+ * [[angō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}