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cŏ-angusto , āvi, ātum, v. a.,
I.to bring into a narrow compass, to confine, compress, contract, enclose, hem in (rare and mostly post-Aug.).
I. Prop.: alvos, * Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 15: “quo facilius fistula claudatur vel certe coangustetur,” Cels. 7, 27 fin.; Auct. B. Hisp. 5; cf. Aur. Vict. Epit. 42: “aditum aedium,” Dig. 19, 2, 19.—Of a city, to invest, besiege: “et coangustabunt te undique,” Vulg. Luc. 19, 43.—
II. Trop., to limit, restrict: haec lex dilatata in ordinem cunctum, coangustari etiam potest, * Cic. Leg. 3, 14, 32: “aliquid interpretatione,” Dig. 50, 16, 120.—
B. In gen., to afflict, Vulg. 2 Par. 33, 12.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Old Testament, 2 Chronicles, 33.12
    • New Testament, Luke, 19.43
    • A. Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina, 7.27
    • Cicero, De Legibus, 3.14
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