noun · femininethird declension
ūnctiō
ūnctiō f (genitive ūnctiōnis)
Meaning
- anointing
- ointment, unguent
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūnctiō | ūnctiōnēs |
| genitive | ūnctiōnis | ūnctiōnum |
| dative | ūnctiōnī | ūnctiōnibus |
| accusative | ūnctiōnem | ūnctiōnēs |
| ablative | ūnctiōne | ūnctiōnibus |
| vocative | ūnctiō | ūnctiōnēs |
unctĭo, ōnis, f. ungo,
I. a besmearing. anointing.
I. Lit.:
sudatoriae, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 73: cottidiana, Col. 12, 53, 3. philosophorum omnes unctionis causā relinquunt, i. e. to go and anoint themselves for wrestling in the palæstra, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21; Quint. 11, 3, 19.—II. Transf., an ointment, unguent:
ita ut unctio inarescat, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 171.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ūnctiō ōnis, f
ungo, a besmearing, anointing : philosophum omnes unctionis causā relinquunt, i. e. to anoint themselves (for wrestling).
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin ūnctiō From ungō + -tiō.
Descendants
- Portugueseunçãofrom Old Galician-Portuguese hunçon
- Catalanunció
- Frenchonction
- Italianunzione
- Romanianuncțiune
- Spanishunción