unctum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈuːŋk.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈuŋk.tum]

Etymology 1

Verb

ūnctum

1. accusative supine of ungō

Participle

ūnctum

1. inflection of ūnctus:
   1. accusative masculine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular

Etymology 2

Nominalization of ūnctus.

Noun

ūnctum n (genitive ūnctī); second declension

1. a rich banquet
2. a rich savory dish
3. ointment

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	ūnctum	ūncta
genitive	ūnctī	ūnctōrum
dative	ūnctō	ūnctīs
accusative	ūnctum	ūncta
ablative	ūnctō	ūnctīs
vocative	ūnctum	ūncta

Derived terms

• ūnctuōsus

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Aromanian: umtu, umt
  • Istro-Romanian: unt
  • Megleno-Romanian: unt
  • Romanian: unt
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: unto
  • Sicilian: untu
• Gallo-Italic:
  • Piedmontese: oit, voit, oncc, vonch, vógnu
• Northern Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: oint
• Southern Gallo-Romance:
  • Occitan: onch
  • Old Catalan: unt
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: untu
  • Galician: unto
  • Portuguese: unto
  • Spanish: unto

Etymology 3

Noun

ūnctum

1. accusative singular of ūnctus

References

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