unctus
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuːŋk.tʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuŋk.tus]
Etymology 1
Perfect passive participle of ungō.
Participle
ūnctus (feminine ūncta, neuter ūnctum, comparative unctior); first/second-declension participle
- anointed
- of the bottoms or hulls of boats or ships: having been coated, prepared, or made seaworthy or watertight, using pitch, pine-tar, or tar; having been tarred
- greasy, oily
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | ūnctus | ūncta | ūnctum | ūnctī | ūnctae | ūncta | |
| genitive | ūnctī | ūnctae | ūnctī | ūnctōrum | ūnctārum | ūnctōrum | |
| dative | ūnctō | ūnctae | ūnctō | ūnctīs | |||
| accusative | ūnctum | ūnctam | ūnctum | ūnctōs | ūnctās | ūncta | |
| ablative | ūnctō | ūnctā | ūnctō | ūnctīs | |||
| vocative | ūncte | ūncta | ūnctum | ūnctī | ūnctae | ūncta | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
From ungō + -tus (forming action nouns).
Noun
ūnctus m (genitive ūnctūs); fourth declension
- an anointing, anointment
Declension
Fourth-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ūnctus | ūnctūs |
| genitive | ūnctūs | ūnctuum |
| dative | ūnctuī | ūnctibus |
| accusative | ūnctum | ūnctūs |
| ablative | ūnctū | ūnctibus |
| vocative | ūnctus | ūnctūs |
Further reading
- “unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “unctus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.