unguentum

Latin

Etymology

From unguō (“I smear, I anoint”) +‎ -entus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /unˈɡʷen.tum/, [ʊŋˈɡʷɛn̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /unˈɡwen.tum/, [uŋˈɡwɛn̪t̪um]

Noun

unguentum n (genitive unguentī); second declension

1. ointment; perfume; unguent.

Declension

Note that for the genitive plural, unguentōrum, there is the alternative form unguentūm. Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	unguentum	unguenta
Genitive	unguentī	unguentōrum
Dative	unguentō	unguentīs
Accusative	unguentum	unguenta
Ablative	unguentō	unguentīs
Vocative	unguentum	unguenta

Derived terms

• unguentāria
• unguentārium
• unguentārius
• unguentātus
• unguentō

Related terms

• unctum
• unctus
• ungō

• unguēdō
• unguen
• unguinōsus

Descendants

• → English: unguent
• French: onguent
• → Galician: ungüento
• Italian: unguento
• Spanish: ungüento

References

• “unguentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “unguentum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• unguentum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “unguentum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “unguentum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin