angosa

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Italian angoscia (“anguish”).

Noun

angosa f (Cyrillic spelling ангоса)

1. (Chakavian, obsolete) trouble, hardship
   • 1521, Marko Marulić, Judita:

     […] Chogi grih podnoſe, oni tad u to dob
     Tarpiſce angoſe, glad, mece, i porob.

     […] Koji grih podnose oni tad u to dob
     tarpiše angose, glad, meče i porob.

     […] which sin they having borne in that time,
     they suffered hardships, hunger, swords, and slavery.