unguentario

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguentārius (“of or pertaining to a perfume; perfurmer”). By surface analysis, unguento (“ointment”) +‎ -ario.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /un.ɡwenˈta.rjo/
• Rhymes: -arjo
• Hyphenation: un‧guen‧tà‧rio

Adjective

unguentario (feminine unguentaria, masculine plural unguentari, feminine plural unguentarie)

1. relational adjective of unguento (“ointment”)

Related terms

• unguentaceo
• unguentaio
• unguentare
• unguento

 

Noun

unguentario m (plural unguentari)

1. (obsolete) ointment merchant, perfumer

   Synonym: unguentaio

   • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata settima – Novella terza”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎^[1], Bari: Laterza, 1927:

     […] non celle di frati ma botteghe di speziali o d’unguentari […]

     […] not friars’ cells, but rather apothecaries’ or perfumers’ shops […]

Latin

Noun

unguentāriō

1. dative/ablative singular of unguentārius