Latin

Noun

unguentum n ‎(genitive unguentī); second declension

1. ointment; perfume; unguent.

Inflection

Note that for the genitive plural, unguentōrum, there is the alternative form unguentūm. Second declension.

Derived terms

• unguentāria
• unguentārium
• unguentārius
• unguentātus
• unguentō

Related terms

Descendants

• English: unguent (borrowed)
• French: onguent
• Italian: unguento
• Spanish: ungüento

References

• unguentum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• unguentum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “unguentum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• unguentum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• unguentum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin