unctus
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Perfect passive participle of ungō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈuːnk.tus/, [ˈuːŋkt̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈunk.tus/, [ˈuŋkt̪us]
Participle
[edit]ūnctus (feminine ūncta, neuter ūnctum, comparative unctior); first/second-declension participle
- anointed
- of the bottoms or hulls of boats or ships: having been coated, prepared, or made seaworthy or watertight, using pitch, pine-tar, or tar; having been tarred
- greasy, oily
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | ūnctus | ūncta | ūnctum | ūnctī | ūnctae | ūncta | |
Genitive | ūnctī | ūnctae | ūnctī | ūnctōrum | ūnctārum | ūnctōrum | |
Dative | ūnctō | ūnctō | ūnctīs | ||||
Accusative | ūnctum | ūnctam | ūnctum | ūnctōs | ūnctās | ūncta | |
Ablative | ūnctō | ūnctā | ūnctō | ūnctīs | |||
Vocative | ūncte | ūncta | ūnctum | ūnctī | ūnctae | ūncta |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- unctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.