unguentarius Latin · revision 33331

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=234–149 BC, Cato|origins=ine-pro *h3engw-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ʊŋ.ɡʷɛnˈtaː.ri.ʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [uŋ.ɡʷenˈtaː.ri.us]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''unguentārius''' (feminine unguentāria, neuter unguentārium); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ Inscriptions have the spelling ''ungent-''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|unguentum|-ārius|t1=ointment]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|unguentum]] comes from [[m|la|unguō|t=to anoint]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*ongw-e-]] and [[ine-pro|*h3engw-e/o-|t=to anoint]].^(de Vaan 2008) Cognate with [[xum|umtu|t=let him anoint]], [[sga|imb|t=butter]] and [[sa|अनक्ति|tr=anákti|t=anoints]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus, Köbler from Varro.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) The OLD's earliest citation is Cato, who in a recipe mentions the palm that perfumers have: ''palma quam habent unguentarii''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it means concerned with the making or selling of ointments and perfumes:^(OLD 2012) Varro, Seneca and Suetonius speak of a perfumer's shop, Sidonius of a storeroom for ointments, and Pliny the Elder of ointment vessels.^(Lewis & Short 1879) As a noun it is a maker of or dealer in ointments, a perfumer, as in Cato and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In Church Latin the feminine ''unguentāria'' is the art of making ointments, and the neuter ''unguentārium'' money to buy perfumes.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato, of perfumers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro, of a perfumer's shop.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of perfumers.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder, of ointment vessels.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of [[m|en|ointment|alt=ointments]] or [[m|en|perfume|alt=perfumes]], concerned with their making or sale.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # A maker of or dealer in ointments, a [[m|en|perfumer]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[unguentāria]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[unguentum]]

+ * [[unguō]]

+ * [[unguen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}