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Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of ungō.

Pronunciation

Participle

ūnctus (feminine ūncta, neuter ūnctum, comparative unctior); first/second-declension participle

  1. anointed
  2. of the bottoms or hulls of boats or ships: having been coated, prepared, or made seaworthy or watertight, using pitch, pine-tar, or tar; having been tarred
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.397–398:
      Tum vērō Teucrī incumbunt, et lītore celsās
      dēdūcunt tōtō nāvēs: Natat ūncta carīnā.
      Truly then the Trojans set to work, and draw down their tall ships all along the shore: hull, tarred, is afloat .
  3. greasy, oily

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative ūnctus ūncta ūnctum ūnctī ūnctae ūncta
genitive ūnctī ūnctae ūnctī ūnctōrum ūnctārum ūnctōrum
dative ūnctō ūnctae ūnctō ūnctīs
accusative ūnctum ūnctam ūnctum ūnctōs ūnctās ūncta
ablative ūnctō ūnctā ūnctō ūnctīs
vocative ūncte ūncta ūnctum ūnctī ūnctae ūncta

Descendants

  • Aromanian: umtu
  • Friulian: ont
  • Galician: unto
  • Italian: unto
  • Old French: oint
  • Portuguese: unto

References

  • unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • unctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.