unguentario
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin unguentārius (“of or pertaining to a perfume; perfurmer”). By surface analysis, unguento (“ointment”) + -ario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /un.ɡwenˈta.rjo/
- Rhymes: -arjo
- Hyphenation: un‧guen‧tà‧rio
Adjective
unguentario (feminine unguentaria, masculine plural unguentari, feminine plural unguentarie)
- relational adjective of unguento (“ointment”)
Related terms
- unguentaceo
- unguentaio
- unguentare
- unguento
Noun
unguentario m (plural unguentari)
- (obsolete) ointment merchant, perfumer
- Synonym: unguentaio
- 14th century, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata settima – Novella terza”, in Decameron:
- […] non celle di frati ma botteghe di speziali o d’unguentari […]
- […] not friars’ cells, but rather apothecaries’ or perfumers’ shops […]
Latin
Noun
unguentāriō
- dative/ablative singular of unguentārius