unctio
From LSJ
τίς δ' οἶδεν εἰ τὸ ζῆν μέν ἐστι κατθανεῖν, τὸ κατθανεῖν δὲ ζῆν κάτω νομίζεται → who knows if life is death, and if in the underworld death is considered life
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ūnctĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (ungo),
1 action d’oindre, friction : Pl. *St. 226 ; Col. Rust. 12, 53, 3 || onction : Eccl. || [fig.] lutte, exercice [du gymnase] : Cic. de Or. 2, 21
2 onguent, huile à friction : Plin. 28, 171.
