perangustus Latin · revision 36088

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *h₂emǵʰ-os-to-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [pɛ.raŋˈɡʊs.tʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [pe.raŋˈɡus.tus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''perangustus''' (feminine perangusta, neuter perangustum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|angustus|t1=very|t2=narrow]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan lists [[m|la|angustus]] among the derivatives of [[m|la|angō|t=to squeeze]]; it goes back to [[itc-pro|*angosto-]] and [[ine-pro|*h₂emǵʰ-os-to-|t=characterized by narrowness]], built on an s-stem noun for narrowness.^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[goh|angust|t=fear]] and [[grc|ἄγχω|tr=ánkhō|t=to squeeze, strangle]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) whose speeches against Verres speak of the very narrow Sicilian strait that divides the laws of slavery from those of freedom.^(TLL)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means very narrow, usually of width:^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) Caesar has a single, very narrow approach, Livy a path, and Curtius an approach and a footpath.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010) Lewis and Short count it as a word of good prose.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Justin applies it to the narrow borders of Macedonia.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL) Cicero also uses the adverb ''perangustē'', very narrowly.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of the strait of Sicily.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a narrow approach.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a path.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1st century AD – Curtius uses it of a footpath.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Very [[m|en|narrow]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[angustus]]

+ * [[angō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}