LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

unguentārius1

unguentārius (feminine unguentāria, neuter unguentārium)
Classical[ʊŋ.ɡʷɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[uŋ.ɡʷenˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. adjectiveOf or pertaining to an ointment or perfume.

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeunguentāriusunguentāriaunguentārium
genitiveunguentāriīunguentāriaeunguentāriī
dativeunguentāriōunguentāriaeunguentāriō
accusativeunguentāriumunguentāriamunguentārium
ablativeunguentāriōunguentāriāunguentāriō
vocativeunguentārieunguentāriaunguentārium
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativeunguentāriīunguentāriaeunguentāria
genitiveunguentāriōrumunguentāriārumunguentāriōrum
dativeunguentāriīsunguentāriīsunguentāriīs
accusativeunguentāriōsunguentāriāsunguentāria
ablativeunguentāriīsunguentāriīsunguentāriīs
vocativeunguentāriīunguentāriaeunguentāria

unguentārĭus, a, um, adj. unguentum,
I. of or belonging to ointments or unguents, ointment-.
I. Adj.: taberna, Varr L. L. 8, 30, 117; Sen. Ep. 108, 4; Suet. Aug. 4: cella, Sid. Ep. 2, 2: vasa, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.—
II. Substt.
A. unguentārĭus, ii, m., a dealer in unguents, a perfumer, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Att. 13, 46, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 228; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; Inscr. Orell. 2988. —
B. unguentārĭa, ae, f.
1. A female perfumer, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14; Inscr. Orell. 4301; 4991.—
2. (Sc. ars.) The art of making unguents or perfumes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 90.—
C. unguentārĭum, ii, n. (sc. argentum), money for buying perfumes, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃engʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃éngʷn̥
  3. Latinunguentārius

Latin unguent(um) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin unguentārius From unguent(um) (“ointment”, “perfume”) + -ārius (“-ary”, “pertaining to”, suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Italianunguentario

In English words that came into English from unguentārius

  • unguentariumunguentarium
  • unguentaryunguentārius
noun · masculinesecond declension
unguentārius2
unguentārius m (genitive unguentāriī or unguentārī)
Classical[ʊŋ.ɡʷɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[uŋ.ɡʷenˈtaː.ri.us]

Meaning

  1. a perfumer, a dealer in unguents

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeunguentāriusunguentāriī
genitiveunguentāriī
unguentārī		unguentāriōrum
dativeunguentāriōunguentāriīs
accusativeunguentāriumunguentāriōs
ablativeunguentāriōunguentāriīs
vocativeunguentārieunguentāriī

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

unguentārius ī, m
unguentum, a dealer in unguents, perfumer , C., H.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃engʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₃éngʷn̥
  3. Latinunguentārius

Latin unguent(um) Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -ārius Latin unguentārius From unguent(um) (“ointment”, “perfume”) + -ārius (“-ary”, “pertaining to”, suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Descendants
  • Italianunguentario

Quick answers

What does unguentārius mean in Latin?
unguentārius, a adjective, means “Of or pertaining to an ointment or perfume.”.
How do you pronounce unguentārius?
In classical Latin, [ʊŋ.ɡʷɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [uŋ.ɡʷenˈtaː.ri.us].
Where does unguentārius come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- → Proto-Indo-European *h₃éngʷn̥ → Latin unguentārius.