unguentarius

Latin

Etymology

From unguent(um) (“ointment”, “perfume”) +‎ -ārius (“-ary”, “pertaining to”, suffix forming relational adjectives and agent nouns).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /un.ɡʷenˈtaː.ri.us/, [ʊŋɡʷɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /un.ɡwenˈta.ri.us/, [uŋɡwen̪ˈt̪äːrius]

Adjective

unguentārius (feminine unguentāria, neuter unguentārium); first/second-declension adjective

  1. Of or pertaining to an ointment or perfume.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative unguentārius unguentāria unguentārium unguentāriī unguentāriae unguentāria
Genitive unguentāriī unguentāriae unguentāriī unguentāriōrum unguentāriārum unguentāriōrum
Dative unguentāriō unguentāriō unguentāriīs
Accusative unguentārium unguentāriam unguentārium unguentāriōs unguentāriās unguentāria
Ablative unguentāriō unguentāriā unguentāriō unguentāriīs
Vocative unguentārie unguentāria unguentārium unguentāriī unguentāriae unguentāria

Descendants
  • Italian: unguentario

Noun

unguentārius m (genitive unguentāriī or unguentārī); second declension

  1. a perfumer, a dealer in unguents

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative unguentārius unguentāriī
Genitive unguentāriī
unguentārī1		 unguentāriōrum
Dative unguentāriō unguentāriīs
Accusative unguentārium unguentāriōs
Ablative unguentāriō unguentāriīs
Vocative unguentārie unguentāriī

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References
  • “unguentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “unguentarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • unguentarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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