Lewis & Short

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ĭn-unguo (not -go), unxi, unctum, 3, v. a., to anoint (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Lit.: oculos, Varr. L. L. 5, 8: non tamen idcirco contemnas lippus inungui, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 29; id. S. 1, 3, 25; Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 141: inunguendum primo lenibus, Cels. 7, 7, 3.
  2. II. In gen., to besmear: lentem siccatam oleo, Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 308; id. 13, 3, 4, § 23 al.: conchis inuncta, dressed with oil, Mart. 7, 78, 2.