unguentum

Latin

Etymology

From unguō (“I smear, I anoint”) +‎ -entus.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /unˈɡʷen.tum/, [ʊŋˈɡᶣɛn.tũː]

Noun

unguentum n (genitive unguentī); second declension

  1. ointment; perfume; unguent.

Declension

Note that for the genitive plural, unguentōrum, there is the alternative form unguentūm. Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative unguentum unguenta
Genitive unguentī unguentōrum
Dative unguentō unguentīs
Accusative unguentum unguenta
Ablative unguentō unguentīs
Vocative unguentum unguenta

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Descendants

References
  • unguentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unguentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • unguentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • unguentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • unguentum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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