unctos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →unctus, uncta, unctum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
oily, greasy; anointed, oiled;
acc. pl. (m.) - Entry →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;
acc. pl. perf. pass. part.
Examples
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...causa, quando fecit strenue.' [it magister quasi lucerna uncto expretus linteo.] itur illinc iure dicto. hocine hic pacto..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Decembri — Hos illi iubeas saepe redire dies. LXIII Uncto Corduba laetior Venafro, Histra nec minus absoluta testa, Albi..."Liber X
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Hanc aliquis faciem nigra violare culina Sustinet, has uncto polluit igne comas? Quis potius cyathos aut quis crystalla..."Liber I
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...traducit manifesto carmina furto. Sic interpositus uillo contaminat uncto urbica Lingonicus Tyrianthina bardocucullus, sic Arrentinae uiolant crystallina testae..."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..."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..."