unctura

Latin

Etymology

Ultimately from ungō.

Noun

ūnctūra f (genitive ūnctūrae); first declension

1. an anointing (of the dead)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ūnctūra	ūnctūrae
Genitive	ūnctūrae	ūnctūrārum
Dative	ūnctūrae	ūnctūrīs
Accusative	ūnctūram	ūnctūrās
Ablative	ūnctūrā	ūnctūrīs
Vocative	ūnctūra	ūnctūrae

Related terms

• unctum
• unctus

Descendants

• Albanian: yndyrë
• Aromanian: umturã
• Middle French: ointure
• Portuguese: untura
• Romanian: untură
• Spanish: untura

References

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