narrow (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. angustus2. artus, arctus (confined; where there is not room enough) • narrow (adj.): 1. angustus: opp. to latus, Cic. Ac. 2, 29, 92: a very n. entrance to a harbour, fauces portus angustissimae, Caes. B. C. 1, 25: Hor. Fig.: n. (straitened) circumstances, res angusta domi, Juv. 3, 164. Very n., perangustus: a very n. entrance, p. aditus, Caes. B. G. 7, 15: Cic. 2. artus, arctus (confined; where there is not room enough): Caes.: Liv.: v. confined. Phr.: he had a n. escape of ..., nil propius est factum, quam ut ..., cf. Cic. Clu. 21, fin.; haud multum abfuit quin ..., Liv. 42, 44, init.