unctus

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈuːŋk.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈuŋk.tus] === Etymology 1 === Perfect passive participle of ungō. ==== Participle ==== ūnctus (feminine ūncta, neuter ūnctum, comparative unctior); first/second-declension participle anointed of the bottoms or hulls of boats or ships: having been coated, prepared, or made seaworthy or watertight, using pitch, pine-tar, or tar; having been tarred greasy, oily ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ===== Derived terms ===== ūnctum ===== Descendants ===== Aromanian: umtu Friulian: ont Galician: unto Italian: unto Old French: oint Middle French: oint French: oint Portuguese: unto === Etymology 2 === From ungō +‎ -tus (forming action nouns). ==== Noun ==== ūnctus m (genitive ūnctūs); fourth declension an anointing, anointment ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. === Further reading === “unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “unctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “unctus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.