ungustus

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ongostos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ong-os-tos, from *h₂eng-. Cognate with angulus (“corner, angle”), ungulus (“ring”). [1]

Pronunciation

Noun

ungustus m (genitive ungustī); second declension

  1. A curved stick

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative ungustus ungustī
genitive ungustī ungustōrum
dative ungustō ungustīs
accusative ungustum ungustōs
ablative ungustō ungustīs
vocative unguste ungustī

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ungulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 641
  • “ungustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ungustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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