unctio
From LSJ
κατ' ἀρχῆς γὰρ φιλαίτιος λεώς → people are always ready to blame the rulers, people are against authority, people were fond of anything by which they could call authority in question
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
unctĭo: ōnis, f. ungo,
I a besmearing. anointing.
I 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.—
II Transf., an ointment, unguent: ita ut unctio inarescat, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 171.
