unguen

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ongʷn̥ (whence also Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen, acc.sg.)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Old Irish imb (“butter”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from the root *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”).

Pronunciation

Noun

unguen n (genitive unguinis); third declension

  1. fat, grease
  2. ointment

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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

Related terms

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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