unguen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Old Irish imb (“butter”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from the root *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡʷen/, [ˈʊŋ.ɡᶣɛn]

Noun

unguen n (genitive unguinis); third declension

fat, grease
ointment

Declension

Third declension neuter.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	unguen	unguina
Genitive	unguinis	unguinum
Dative	unguinī	unguinibus
Accusative	unguen	unguina
Ablative	unguine	unguinibus
Vocative	unguen	unguina

Related terms

References

unguen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
unguen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
unguen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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