strait (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Difficulty1. angustiae, arum2. expr. by haereo, si, sum, 2 (to stick fast, be in s.s)II. A narrow part of the sea1. frĕtum2. angustiae, arum (any narrow place on land or sea) • strait (subs.): I. Difficulty: 1. angustiae, arum: to be put into great s.s (perplexity), in summas a. adduci, Cic. Quint. 5: in these s.s, quum in his a. res esset, Caes. B. C. 1, 54. Also neut. adj. angustum may be used in angustum cogi, Ter. Heaut. 4, 2, 2: Caes. (not, however, as subject of sentence). 2. expr. by haereo, si, sum, 2 (to stick fast, be in s.s): he is in s.s (can't get on), haeret in salebra, Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 and absol., id. Ph. 2, 29, 74. II. A narrow part of the sea: 1. frĕtum: the Sicilian s., (S. of Messina), f. Siciliense, Cic. N. D. 3, 10, 24. the s.s of Gibraltar, (in Roman phrase), f. nostri maris et Oceani, Sall. Jug. 17. 2. angustiae, arum (any narrow place on land or sea): cf. angustiae Hellesponti, Suet. Caes. 63: and, a. fretorum, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19.