Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, U , umbrōsus , unctĭo

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ultĕrĭor - umbro

umbrōsus - uncus

ūnăetvīcēsĭmāni

ūnăetvīcēsĭmus

uncus - ungella

ungo - ūnĭversālĭter

ūnĭversātim - ūrīgo

ūrīna - ūsū-căpĭo

ūsūcaptus - ūtrārĭus

ū^trasquĕ - Uzīta

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unctĭo , ōnis, f. ungo,

I.a besmearing. anointing.

I. Lit.: “sudatoriae,” Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 73: “cottidiana,” Col. 12, 53, 3. philosophorum omnes unctionis causā relinquunt, i. e. to go and anoint themselves for wrestling in the palæstra, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21; Quint. 11, 3, 19.—

II. Transf., an ointment, unguent: “ita ut unctio inarescat,” Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 171.

A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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