angustĭae | angustĭa, ae (noun F) : (rare in class. Lat. in
* Sing, , Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61; cf. Charis. p. 20 P.; but freq. in eccl. Lat.,Vulg. Gen. 42, 21; ib. Psa. 118, 143; ib. Rom. 2, 9; ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4 al.), f. angustus.
* Lit., narrowness, straitness; a defile, strait (perhaps only in prose; syn.: fauces, angustum).
* Of places: Corinthus posita in angustiis atque in faucibus Graeciae,Cic. Agr. 2, 32; so id. N. D. 2, 7; id. Tusc. 1, 20, 45: itineris,Caes. B. G. 1, 39: Italia coacta in angustias, Sall. Fragm. H. ap. Serv ad Verg. A. 3, 400 (97, II. p. 250 Gerl.): loci,id. C. 58, 20: quod intercidit et incuriā coloni locique angustiā. Plin. 14, 6, 8, § 61: angustiae locorum,Nep. Dat. 8, 4, and Vulg. 2 Macc. 12, 21: angustiae saltibus crebris inclusae,Liv. 28, 1: diu in angustiis pugnatum est,id. 34, 46: itinerum,Tac. A. 15, 43 fin.: per angustias Hellesponti,Suet. Caes. 63: vicorum,id. Ner. 38; so id. Aug. 45; id. Claud. 12; id. Oth. 9 al.
* Trop.
* Of time, shortness, brevity, want, deficiency: in his vel asperitatibus rerum vel angustiis temporis,Cic. de Or. 1. 1: edidi quae potui, non ut volui, sed ut me temporis angustiae coëgerunt,id. ib. 3, 61; Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56; Cic. Fil. ad Tir. Fam. 16, 21, 7: in angustiā temporum,Vulg. Dan. 9, 25.
* Of discourse, brevity, simplicity: angustia conclusae orationis non facile se ipsa tutatur. Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 20 (v. the context).—So in sing., Non. p. 73, 26.
* Of external circumstances, condition, etc., difficulty, distress, perplexity, straits: in summas angustias adduci,Cic. Quint. 5; so id. Fin. 2, 9, 28: cum in his angustiis res esset,Caes. B. C. 1, 54: vereri angustias,Cic. Planc. 22: angustiae petitionis,i. e. the difficulty of obtaining the consular dignity,id. Brut. 47. —So the Vulg. very freq. of external circumstances and of inward state, both in sing. and in plur.: videntes angustiam animi, Gen. 42, 21; so ib. Exod. 6, 9; ib. Rom. 2, 9; and ib. 2 Cor. 2, 4: tenent me angustiae,ib. 2 Reg. 1, 9; so ib. 2 Cor. 6, 4; 12, 10 al.
* Of mind or feeling, narrowness, contractedness: non capiunt angustiae pectoris tui,Cic. Pis. 11: cujus animus tantis angustiis invidiae continetur, by such meanness of envy, Auct. ad Her. 4, 43.
* Of scientific inquiries which go too deeply into details, and lay too much stress upon little things, subtile or minute verbal criticisms: me ex campo aequitatis ad istas verborum angustias revocas,into a dilemma of verbal subtleties,Cic. Caecin. 29: cur eam (orationem) in tantas angustias et in Stoicorum dumeta compellimus?straits,id. Ac. 2, 35.