uncto

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈuːŋk.toː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuŋk.to]

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ-der.

Proto-Italic *ongʷō

Latin unguō

Latin ungō

Latin ūnctus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin ūnctō

From ūnctus + -ō. Attested in Late Latin-Greek glosses^[1] such as one in the Hermeneumata Leidensia,^[2] a work attributed to Dositheus.

Verb

ūnctō (present infinitive ūnctāre, perfect active ūnctāvī, supine ūnctātum); first conjugation (Late Latin?)

to grease; to rub with oil

Conjugation

Conjugation of ūnctō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ūnctō	ūnctās		ūnctat	ūnctāmus	ūnctātis		ūnctant
	imperfect	ūnctābam	ūnctābās		ūnctābat	ūnctābāmus	ūnctābātis		ūnctābant
	future	ūnctābō	ūnctābis		ūnctābit	ūnctābimus	ūnctābitis		ūnctābunt
	perfect	ūnctāvī	ūnctāvistī		ūnctāvit	ūnctāvimus	ūnctāvistis		ūnctāvērunt, ūnctāvēre
	pluperfect	ūnctāveram	ūnctāverās		ūnctāverat	ūnctāverāmus	ūnctāverātis		ūnctāverant
	future perfect	ūnctāverō	ūnctāveris		ūnctāverit	ūnctāverimus	ūnctāveritis		ūnctāverint
passive	present	ūnctor	ūnctāris, ūnctāre		ūnctātur	ūnctāmur	ūnctāminī		ūnctantur
	imperfect	ūnctābar	ūnctābāris, ūnctābāre		ūnctābātur	ūnctābāmur	ūnctābāminī		ūnctābantur
	future	ūnctābor	ūnctāberis, ūnctābere		ūnctābitur	ūnctābimur	ūnctābiminī		ūnctābuntur
	perfect	ūnctātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ūnctātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ūnctātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ūnctem	ūnctēs		ūnctet	ūnctēmus	ūnctētis		ūnctent
	imperfect	ūnctārem	ūnctārēs		ūnctāret	ūnctārēmus	ūnctārētis		ūnctārent
	perfect	ūnctāverim	ūnctāverīs		ūnctāverit	ūnctāverīmus	ūnctāverītis		ūnctāverint
	pluperfect	ūnctāvissem	ūnctāvissēs		ūnctāvisset	ūnctāvissēmus	ūnctāvissētis		ūnctāvissent
passive	present	ūncter	ūnctēris, ūnctēre		ūnctētur	ūnctēmur	ūnctēminī		ūnctentur
	imperfect	ūnctārer	ūnctārēris, ūnctārēre		ūnctārētur	ūnctārēmur	ūnctārēminī		ūnctārentur
	perfect	ūnctātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ūnctātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ūnctā		—	—	ūnctāte		—
active	future	—	ūnctātō		ūnctātō	—	ūnctātōte		ūnctantō
passive	present	—	ūnctāre		—	—	ūnctāminī		—
passive	future	—	ūnctātor		ūnctātor	—	—		ūnctantor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ūnctāre		ūnctārī		ūnctāns		—
future		ūnctātūrum esse		ūnctātum īrī		ūnctātūrus		ūnctandus
perfect		ūnctāvisse		ūnctātum esse		—		ūnctātus
future perfect		—		ūnctātum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ūnctātūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ūnctandī	ūnctandō		ūnctandum	ūnctandō	ūnctātum		ūnctātū

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: >? untare
- Sicilian: untari
Gallo-Italic:
- Lombard: ontar, vontar
- Piedmontese: ontà, ondar
Gallo-Romance:
- Northern:
  - Franco-Provençal: ountar, ouintar
- Southern:
  - Catalan: untar
  - Occitan: untar, onchar
Ibero-Romance:
- Aragonese: untar, undar
- Asturian: untar
- Galician: untar
- Portuguese: untar
- Spanish: untar

Etymology 2

Participle

ūnctō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of ūnctus

References

^ Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “untar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 715
^ Georg Getz; Carl Gustav Löwe; Wilhelm C. Heraeus (1892), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum: Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana. Accedunt hermeneumata medicobotanica vetustiora‎^[2], volume III, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner Verlag, page 70: “λελειπομενον unctatum”

Portuguese

Verb

uncto

first-person singular present indicative of unctar

[1] Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “untar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 715

[2] Georg Getz; Carl Gustav Löwe; Wilhelm C. Heraeus (1892), Corpus glossariorum Latinorum: Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana. Accedunt hermeneumata medicobotanica vetustiora‎^[2], volume III, Leipzig: B. G. Teubner Verlag, page 70: “λελειπομενον unctatum”

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