unguen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Old Irish imb (“butter”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from the root *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈun.ɡʷen/, [ˈʊŋ.ɡᶣɛn]

Noun

unguen n (genitive unguinis); third declension

  1. fat, grease
  2. ointment

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative unguen unguina
Genitive unguinis unguinum
Dative unguinī unguinibus
Accusative unguen unguina
Ablative unguine unguinibus
Vocative unguen unguina

References
  • unguen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unguen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • unguen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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