LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

angustia

angustia f (genitive angustiae)
Classical[aŋˈɡʊs.ti.a]Ecclesiastical[aŋˈɡus.ti.a]

Meaning

  1. femininein pluralnarrowness, straitness
  2. femininefigurativelyin pluraldefile, straight, gorge
  3. femininewant, scarcity, poverty, anguish
  4. femininebrevity, simplicity
  5. femininein pluraltribulations, trials, difficulties, necessities

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeangustiaangustiae
genitiveangustiaeangustiārum
dativeangustiaeangustiīs
accusativeangustiamangustiās
ablativeangustiāangustiīs
vocativeangustiaangustiae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

angustiis premi, difficultatibus affici
to be in a dilemma; in difficulties.
in angustiis, difficultatibus, esse or versari
to be in a dilemma; in difficulties.

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

angustia ae (sing. very rare), and angustiae, ārum, f
angustus, narrowness, straitness: itineris, Cs.: loci, S. — Meton., a narrow place, narrow part, neck, defile, strait: Graeciae: angustiae saltibus inclusae, pass, L.—Of time, shortness. ut me temporis angustiae coegerunt: angustiae quas natura nobis dedit (sc. temporis). — Fig., scarcity, want, poverty: aerarii; pecuniae publicae: rei frumentariae, Cs.: pro angustiā rerum, Ta.: ex meis angustiis illius sustento tenuitatem.— Difficulty, distress, perplexity: in angustias adduci: cum in his angustiis res esset, Cs.: petitionis.— Narrowness, meanness: pectoris tui: orationem in angustias compellere, narrowness of view: verborum, verbal trifling.—Of style, brevity, succinctness: angustia conclusae orationis.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin angustia From angustus (“narrow, strait, constricted”) + -ia.

Southern Gallo-Romance
  • Occitanangoissa
  • Catalanangoixafrom Old Catalan angoxa
  • Spanishangojafrom Old Catalan angoxa
  • Gasconangoishafrom Occitan angoissa
  • Gasconengüeishfrom Occitan angoissa
Borrowings
  • Italianangustia
  • Portugueseangústia
  • Spanishangustia
  • Galicianangustia
  • Sicilianangùstia
Northern Gallo-Romance
  • Frenchangoissefrom Old French angoisse
  • Englishanguishfrom Old French angoisse
  • Scotsanguishfrom Old French angoisse
  • Yola'ngishfrom Old French angoisse
Italo-Romance
  • Italianangoscia
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Romanshanguoscha
Gallo-Italic
  • Piedmonteseangóssia

In English words that came into English from angustia

  • anguishangustia

Quick answers

What does angustia mean in Latin?
angustia, a noun, means “narrowness, straitness; defile, straight, gorge; want, scarcity, poverty, anguish”.
What is the genitive of angustia?
The genitive singular is angustiae. angustia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce angustia?
In classical Latin, [aŋˈɡʊs.ti.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [aŋˈɡus.ti.a].