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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>unctĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[ungo]],<br /><b>I</b> a besmearing. anointing.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: sudatoriae, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 73: cottidiana, Col. 12, 53, 3. philosophorum omnes unctionis causā relinquunt, i. e. to go and [[anoint]] [[themselves]] for [[wrestling]] in the palæstra, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21; Quint. 11, 3, 19.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., an [[ointment]], [[unguent]]: ita ut [[unctio]] inarescat, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 171.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ūnctĭō</b>,¹⁴ ōnis, f. ([[ungo]]),<br /><b>1</b> action d’oindre, friction : Pl. *St. 226 ; Col. Rust. 12, 53, 3 &#124;&#124; onction : Eccl. &#124;&#124; [fig.] lutte, exercice [du gymnase] : Cic. de Or. 2, 21<br /><b>2</b> onguent, huile à friction : Plin. 28, 171.
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