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|lshtext=<b>ungo</b>: or [[unguo]], nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [[root]] in Sanscr. ang, to [[besmear]]; cf. Gr. [[ἄγος]]>,<br /><b>I</b> to [[smear]], [[besmear]], [[anoint]] [[with]] [[any]] [[fat]] [[substance]], an [[unguent]], [[oil]], etc. ([[class]].; syn.: [[lino]], [[linio]]): unguentis, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77: [[aliquam]] unguentis, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 115; id. Truc. 2, 2, 34: [[unctus]] est, accubuit, Cic. Att. 13, 52, 1: [[gloria]] quem [[supra]] [[vires]] unguit, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 22; Aug. ap. Suet. Aug. 76.—Of the anointing of corpses, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 6, 219 (Ann. v. 156 Vahl.); Ov. P. 1, 9, 47; id. F. 4, 853; id. H. 10, 122; Mart. 3, 12, 4; Hor. S. 2, 1, 7: [[corpus]], Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 26: globos melle, [[Cato]], R. R. 79: postes superbos amaracino, Lucr. 4, 1175 et saep.—Of the anointing of a Jewish [[king]]: [[unctus]] est in regem, Sulp. Sev. Chron. 1, 45, 5: caules [[oleo]], to [[dress]] [[with]] [[oil]], Hor. S. 2, 3, 125: caules impensius, Pers. 6, 68: pingui oluscula lardo, Hor. S. 2, 6, 64: labitur uncta [[carina]], daubed [[with]] [[pitch]], the [[pitchy]] [[keel]], Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1, and ap. Isid. Orig. 19, 1 (Ann. v. 379 and 476); imitated by Verg. A. 4, 398; cf.: labitur uncta vadis [[abies]], id. ib. 8, 91: ungere [[tela]] manu ferrumque armare, to [[smear]] or [[anoint]] [[with]] [[poison]] (ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι), id. ib. 9, 773: [[arma]] uncta cruoribus, smeared, stained, Hor. C. 2, 1, 5: [[tela]] cruore hostili, Sil. 9, 13: ova ranae [[sanguine]], Hor. Epod. 5, 19: [[puer]] unctis Tractavit calicem manibus, i. e. [[greasy]], id. S. 2, 4, 78; so, uncta [[aqua]], id. ib. 2, 2, 68.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., Vulg. Act. 10, 38; id. 2 Cor. 1, 21.—Hence, [[unctus]], a, um, P. a.; [[prop]]. anointed, oiled: [[cur]] [[quisquam]] [[caput]] unctius referret, Cat. 10, 11: [[magis]] diliges ex duobus [[aeque]] bonis viris nitidum et [[unctum]] [[quam]] pulverulentum et horrentem, Sen. Ep. 66, 24: Achivi, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 33: [[nudus]], [[unctus]], [[ebrius]] est contionatus, Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[rich]], [[luxurious]], [[sumptuous]] (syn. [[lautus]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Adj.: [[captus]] es unctiore cenā, Mart. 5, 44, 7: [[melius]] et unctius, Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 44: cenae unctissimae, Sid. Ep. 2, 9: ita palaestritas defendebat, ut ab illis [[ipse]] unctior abiret, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 22, § 54: accedes [[siccus]] ad [[unctum]], Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 12: patrimonia, Cat. 29, 23: [[Corinthus]], [[luxurious]], [[voluptuous]], Juv. 8, 113: Tarentus, Sid. Carm. 5, 430: pro [[isto]] [[asso]] [[sole]], quo tu [[abusus]] es in nostro pratulo, a te nitidum solem unctumque repetemus, i. e. [[sunshine]] and [[ointment]], Cic. Att. 12, 6, 2: unctior splendidiorque [[consuetudo]] loquendi, [[rich]], [[copious]], id. Brut. 20, 78.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Subst.: [[unctum]], i, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[rich]] [[banquet]], [[sumptuous]] [[feast]]: [[unctum]] qui recte ponere possit, Hor. A. P. 422: cenare [[sine]] uncto, Pers. 6, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; An [[ointment]]: haurito plusculo uncto, corporis mei membra perfricui, App. M. 3, p. 139; Veg. 3, 71, 5.