narrow (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. cŏarto, 12. angusto, 1 (rare)II. Intrans. • narrow (v.): I. Trans.: 1. cŏarto, 1: the channel of the Tiber had been n.'d by the fall of buildings, alveus Tiberis aedificiorum prolapsionibus coartatus (erat), Suet. Aug. 30: Liv. 2. angusto, 1 (rare): Lucan 5, 232: Plin.: v. to contract (A., I.). II. Intrans.: expr. by coarto, angusto, with pron. refl., or as pass.: drains which n. towards the bottom, fossae ad solum coartatae, Col. 2, 2, post init.: (a mine which) n.s towards the mouth, ore angustatur, Plin. 17, 8, 4 § 45: the road gradually n.s, *paullatim via se coartat (angustior fit): v. supr.; and narrow (adj.).