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Dictionary entries

  • unctus, uncta, unctum:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Lesser

    = oily, greasy; anointed, oiled;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. (m.)
  • ungo, ungere, unxi, unctus:

    Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive

    Frequency:
    Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = anoint/rub (w/oil/unguent); smear with oil/grease; dress (food w/oil); add oil;

    Entry →
    acc. pl. perf. pass. part.

Examples

  • T

    Bacchides

    Titus Maccius Plautus

    "...causa, quando fecit strenue.' [it magister quasi lucerna uncto expretus linteo.] itur illinc iure dicto. hocine hic pacto..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber XII

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...Decembri — Hos illi iubeas saepe redire dies. LXIII Uncto Corduba laetior Venafro, Histra nec minus absoluta testa, Albi..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber X

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...Hanc aliquis faciem nigra violare culina Sustinet, has uncto polluit igne comas? Quis potius cyathos aut quis crystalla..."
  • Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    Liber I

    Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)

    "...traducit manifesto carmina furto. Sic interpositus uillo contaminat uncto urbica Lingonicus Tyrianthina bardocucullus, sic Arrentinae uiolant crystallina testae..."
  • P

    Liber II

    P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics

    "...posuere, atque inter pocula laeti mollibus in pratis unctos saluere per utres nec non Ausonii, Troia gens missa..."
  • Q

    Sermones II

    Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones

    "...partita lucellum, ut canis a corio numquam absterrebitur uncto. me sene quod dicam factum est. anus inproba Thebis..."

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