unctuosus

== Latin == === Etymology === From ūnctum (“ointment; rich banquet; rich savoury dish”) +‎ -(u)ōsus (suffix meaning ‘full of; overly’ forming adjectives from nouns), with the ending taken from adjectives such as virtuōsus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [uːŋk.tuˈoː.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [uŋk.tuˈɔː.s̬us] === Adjective === ūnctuōsus (feminine ūnctuōsa, neuter ūnctuōsum); first/second-declension adjective (Late Latin, Medieval Latin) oily, greasy, unctuous ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== === References === R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “unctuosus”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC "unctuosus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) unctuosus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016