unxit
Dictionary entries
- 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;
sg. perf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...bene imprecetur." Statim ampullam nardi aperuit omnesque nos unxit et: "Spero, inquit, futurum ut aeque me mortuum iuvet..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...tenera tecum scripsisse Voluptas . . . 9a tunc Venus Idaliis unxit fastigia sucis permulsitque comis blandumque reliquit honorem sedibus..."Metamorphoses XIII
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...optima restitit illi. lustratum genetrix divino corpus odore unxit et ambrosia cum dulci nectare mixta contigit os fecitque..."