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unctio

Dictionary entries

  • unctio, unctionis:

    Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension

    Frequency:
    Common
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = anointing/unction; (w/sign of cross); besmearing; (w/ointment/oil); ointment;

    Entry →
    nom. sg.
    voc. sg.

Examples

  • M

    Liber XI

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...aegrorum exilitatem vox nostra tenuetur, quod ambulatio, unctio, veneris abstinentia, facilis ciborum digestio, id est frugalitas, praestat..."
  • M

    Liber II

    Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES

    "...uasa. Nec medicina ideo non erit ars quia unctio et exercitatio cum palaestrica, ciborum uero qualitas etiam..."

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