unctum

Latin

Participle

ūnctum

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

Noun

ūnctum n (genitive ūnctī); second declension

1. a rich banquet; rich, savory dish
2. 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

Related terms

• ūnctūra

Descendants

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

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.