English → Latin
“ointment” in Latin
unguentumointment; perfume; unguent.collȳriumeye-salve; pessary, suppositoryungōto anoint, smear with oil, grease
The English word ointment itself goes back to Latin ungō.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
ointment
unguentum: a sweet-smelling ointment, unguentum summa et acerrima suavitate conditum (Cic.): ointment for the eyes, collyrium: to anoint with ointment, unguentis aliquid oblinere, ungere: to smell of ointment, unguenta olere (Plaut.); unguentis fragrare (to smell strongly, Suet., Vesp., 8).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for ointment?
- The usual Latin words for “ointment” are unguentum, collȳrium, ungō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.