unguen

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *ongʷn̥ (whence also Umbrian 𐌖𐌌𐌄𐌍 (umen, acc.sg.)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷen- (compare Old Irish imb (“butter”), Old High German ancho (“butter”)), from the root *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡʷen/, [ˈʊŋɡʷɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈun.ɡwen/, [ˈuŋɡwen]

Noun

unguen n (genitive unguinis); third declension

1. fat, grease
2. ointment

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

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

Related terms

• unguentum
• unguo

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.