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unguentarius

unguentarius · adj

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Where it lives

In L. Calpurnium Pisonem 1 · 0.92/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
De agri cultura 1 · 0.64/10k
De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Naturalis Historia 5 · 0.13/10k
Letters to Atticus 1 · 0.08/10k
Ad Lucilium Epistulae Morales 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

unguentārĭus — Lewis & Short

unguentārĭus, a, um, adj.unguentum,

I of or belonging to ointments or unguents, ointment-.

I Adj.: taberna, Varr L. L. 8, 30, 117; Sen. Ep. 108, 4; Suet. Aug. 4: cella, Sid. Ep. 2, 2: vasa, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.—

II Substt.

A unguentārĭus, ii, m., a dealer in unguents, a perfumer, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Att. 13, 46, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 228; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; Inscr. Orell. 2988. —

B unguentārĭa, ae, f.

1 A female perfumer, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14; Inscr. Orell. 4301; 4991.—

2 (Sc. ars.) The art of making unguents or perfumes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 90.—

C unguentārĭum, ii, n. (sc. argentum), money for buying perfumes, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.

In the wild

unguentarii Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 31.7.p4
unguentarios Cicero, De Officiis 1.150.p1
unguentarii Cato, De agri cultura 113
unguentariis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 12.25.p2
unguentarii Petronius, Satyricon 39
unguentarius Horace, Satyrarum libri 2.3.228

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