unguentarius

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /un.ɡʷenˈtaː.ri.us/, [ʊŋɡʷɛn̪ˈt̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate 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.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	unguentārius	unguentāria	unguentārium		unguentāriī	unguentāriae	unguentāria
genitive	unguentāriī	unguentāriae	unguentāriī		unguentāriōrum	unguentāriārum	unguentāriōrum
dative	unguentāriō	unguentāriae	unguentāriō		unguentāriīs
accusative	unguentārium	unguentāriam	unguentārium		unguentāriōs	unguentāriās	unguentāria
ablative	unguentāriō	unguentāriā	unguentāriō		unguentāriīs
vocative	unguentārie	unguentāria	unguentārium		unguentāriī	unguentāriae	unguentāria

Related terms

• ungō
• unguentāria
• unguentārium
• unguentātus
• unguentō
• unguentum

Descendants

• Italian: unguentario

Noun

unguentārius m (genitive unguentāriī or unguentārī); second declension

1. a perfumer, a dealer in unguents

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	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

• Italian: unguentario

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.