unguite
Dictionary entries
- Entry →unguo, unguere, 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;
pl. pres. act. imp. 2nd
Examples
Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...limina saepe floribus et sertis operit postisque superbos unguit amaracino et foribus miser oscula figit; quem..."
Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...pessima ceston uis probat; haec circum spumis lunaribus unguit callidus atque hilari perfundit cuncta ueneno. non hoc Pasithea..."
