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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• narrow (adj.):
      1. 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. 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.
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• narrow (v.):
    1. I. Trans.:
      1. 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. 2. angusto, 1 (rare): Lucan 5, 232: Plin.: v. to contract (A., I.).
    2. 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.).
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J. E. Riddle and T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Lexicon. Data retrieved from FergusJPWalsh/riddle-arnold under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
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1. adj., angustus (not wide; opposed to latus): artus (more correct than arctus, confined, limited; opposed to laxus): contractus (contracted, more cognate with angustus than with artus; hence (The words are found in this connection and order.) contractus et angustus; e.g., Nilus): perangustus (eery narrow). Narrow meaning of a word, *angustior vocis notio: to make narrow, angustum reddere; angustare; coartare; contrahere: to become narrow, in artius coire: the limits of the world are too narrow for him, orbis terrarum eum non capit (after Curt., 7, 8, 12): a narrow road, angustum iter: a narrow entrance, artior introitus: a narrow escape, mostly expressed by vix, aegre: I had a very narrow escape of being, nihil aegrius factum est, multo labore meo, quam ut, etc. (Cic.): or by propius nihil est factum, quam ut, etc. (e.g., occideretur, Cic.): or non multum or paullum (not parum) abfuit, quin: a narrow mind, angustus animus (Cic.): narrow-minded, tenuis animi; angusti animi et parvi; pusilli animi et contracti: he is narrow-minded, ejus animus invidiae angustiis continetur.
2. v. coartare; in angustum adducere contrahere or concludere (Cic.).