unguentarius

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Latin

Etymology

From unguent(um) (ointment”, “perfume) +‎ -ārius (-ary”, “pertaining to, suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation

Adjective

unguentārius (feminine unguentāria, neuter unguentārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to an ointment or perfume.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

  • Italian: unguentario

Noun

unguentārius m (genitive unguentāriī or unguentārī); second declension

  1. a perfumer, a dealer in unguents

Declension

Second-declension noun.

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

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