unctuosus
Latin
Etymology
Late and Medieval Latin. From ūnctum.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /uːnk.tuˈoː.sus/, [uːŋkt̪uˈoːs̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /unk.tuˈo.sus/, [uŋkt̪uˈɔːs̬us]
Adjective
ūnctuōsus (feminine ūnctuōsa, neuter ūnctuōsum); first/second-declension adjective
- oily, greasy, unctuous
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | ūnctuōsus | ūnctuōsa | ūnctuōsum | ūnctuōsī | ūnctuōsae | ūnctuōsa | |
| Genitive | ūnctuōsī | ūnctuōsae | ūnctuōsī | ūnctuōsōrum | ūnctuōsārum | ūnctuōsōrum | |
| Dative | ūnctuōsō | ūnctuōsō | ūnctuōsīs | ||||
| Accusative | ūnctuōsum | ūnctuōsam | ūnctuōsum | ūnctuōsōs | ūnctuōsās | ūnctuōsa | |
| Ablative | ūnctuōsō | ūnctuōsā | ūnctuōsō | ūnctuōsīs | |||
| Vocative | ūnctuōse | ūnctuōsa | ūnctuōsum | ūnctuōsī | ūnctuōsae | ūnctuōsa | |
Descendants
- Aromanian: umtos
- → Catalan: untuós
- → English: unctuous
- → French: onctueux
- → Italian: untuoso
- Middle French: ointeux
- → Portuguese: untuoso
- Romanian: untos
- → Spanish: untuoso
References
- unctuosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- unctuosus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016