confined (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. artus (arctus)2. angustus3. astrictus • confined (adj.): i. e. close: 1. artus (arctus): a c. theatre, a. theatrum, Hor.: v. close: c. circumstances, artae res, Ov. (= res angusta domi, Juv.) 2. angustus: a c. (narrow) mind, an. animus, Cic. 3. astrictus: esp. of the bowels: v. costive.