ungo — Lewis & Short
ungo or unguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a.root in Sanscr. ang, to besmear; cf. Gr. a)/gos,
I to smear, besmear, anoint with any fat substance, an unguent, oil, etc. (class.;
syn.: lino, linio): unguentis,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77:
aliquam unguentis,Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 115; id. Truc. 2, 2, 34:
unctus est, accubuit,Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1:
gloria quem supra vires unguit,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76.—Of the anointing of corpses, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 219 (Ann. v. 156 Vahl.); Ov. P. 1, 9, 47; id. F. 4, 853; id. H. 10, 122; Mart. 3, 12, 4; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7:
corpus,Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26:
globos melle,Cato, R. R. 79:
postes superbos amaracino,Lucr. 4, 1175 et saep.—Of the anointing of a Jewish king:
unctus est in regem,Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 45, 5:
caules oleo,to dress with oil, Hor. S. 2, 3, 125:
caules impensius,Pers. 6, 68:
pingui oluscula lardo,Hor. S. 2, 6, 64: labitur uncta carina, daubed with pitch, the pitchy keel, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, and ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 379 and 476); imitated by Verg. A. 4, 398; cf.:
labitur uncta vadis abies,id. ib. 8, 91: ungere tela manu ferrumque armare, to smear or anoint with poison (i)ou\s xri/esqai), id. ib. 9, 773:
arma uncta cruoribus,smeared, stained, Hor. C. 2, 1, 5:
tela cruore hostili,Sil. 9, 13:
ova ranae sanguine,Hor. Epod. 5, 19:
puer unctis Tractavit calicem manibus,i. e. greasy, id. S. 2, 4, 78; so,
uncta aqua,id. ib. 2, 2, 68.—
II Trop., Vulg. Act. 10, 38; id. 2 Cor. 1, 21.—Hence, unctus, a, um, P. a.; prop. anointed, oiled:
cur quisquam caput unctius referret,Cat. 10, 11:
magis diliges ex duobus aeque bonis viris nitidum et unctum quam pulverulentum et horrentem,Sen. Ep. 66, 24:
Achivi,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33:
nudus, unctus, ebrius est contionatus,Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 12.—
B Transf., rich, luxurious, sumptuous (syn. lautus).
a Adj.:
captus es unctiore cenā,Mart. 5, 44, 7:
melius et unctius,Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44:
cenae unctissimae,Sid. Ep. 2, 9:
ita palaestritas defendebat, ut ab illis ipse unctior abiret,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54:
accedes siccus ad unctum,Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12:
patrimonia,Cat. 29, 23:
Corinthus,luxurious, voluptuous, Juv. 8, 113:
Tarentus,Sid. Carm. 5, 430:
pro isto asso sole, quo tu abusus es in nostro pratulo, a te nitidum solem unctumque repetemus,i. e. sunshine and ointment, Cic. Att. 12, 6, 2:
unctior splendidiorque consuetudo loquendi,rich, copious, id. Brut. 20, 78.—
b Subst.: unctum, i, n.
1 A rich banquet, sumptuous feast:
unctum qui recte ponere possit,Hor. A. P. 422:
cenare sine uncto,Pers. 6, 16.—
2 An ointment:
haurito plusculo uncto, corporis mei membra perfricui,App. M. 3, p. 139; Veg. 3, 71, 5.