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ungella (unguella), ae, f. dim. [ungula], a little claw or talon, Apic. 4, 5; Marc. Emp. 20 med.

ungo or unguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root in Sanscr. ang, to besmear; cf. Gr. ἄγος],

  1. I. 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.
  2. II. 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.
    1. B. Transf., rich, luxurious, sumptuous (syn. lautus).
        1. a. 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.
        2. b. Subst.: unctum, i, n.
      1. 1. A rich banquet, sumptuous feast: unctum qui recte ponere possit, Hor. A. P. 422: cenare sine uncto, Pers. 6, 16.
      2. 2. An ointment: haurito plusculo uncto, corporis mei membra perfricui, App. M. 3, p. 139; Veg. 3, 71, 5.

* unguēdo, ĭnis, f. [unguo, ungo], an ointment, unguent, App. M. 3, p. 138, 26.

unguen, ĭnis, n. [unguo, ungo], a fatty substance, fat; an ointment, unguent: in aënum caldum unguen indito, Cato, R. R. 79; 80: pingues unguine ceras, Verg. G. 3, 450: cras. sum, Pers. 6, 40: pingue, Val. Fl. 6, 360; 8, 302 al.

unguentārĭus, a, um, adj. [unguentum], of or belonging to ointments or unguents, ointment-.

  1. I. Adj.: taberna, Varr L. L. 8, 30, 117; Sen. Ep. 108, 4; Suet. Aug. 4: cella, Sid. Ep. 2, 2: vasa, Plin. 36, 8, 12, § 60.
  2. II. Substt.
    1. A. unguentārĭus, ii, m., a dealer in unguents, a perfumer, Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; id. Att. 13, 46, 2; Hor. S. 2, 3, 228; Plin. 31, 7, 42, § 91; Inscr. Orell. 2988.
    2. B. unguentārĭa, ae, f.
      1. 1. A female perfumer, Plin. 8, 5, 5, § 14; Inscr. Orell. 4301; 4991.
      2. 2. (Sc. ars.) The art of making unguents or perfumes, Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 90.
    3. C. unguentārĭum, ii, n. (sc. argentum), money for buying perfumes, Plin. Ep. 2, 11, 23.

unguento, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [unguentum], to rub with sweet ointments, to anoint, perfume (in verb. finit. very rare): DEAS VNGVENTAVERVNT, Inscr. Fratr. Arval. Orell. 2271, 391 (cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 35, § 77).
More freq. in part. perf.: unguentātus, a, um, anointed, perfumed: unguentatus per vias, ignave, incedis, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 23: cincinni, id. Truc. 2, 2, 32: homo, P. Scipio Afric. ap. Gell. 7, 12, 5; Sen. Fragm. ib. 12, 2, 11: maritus, Cat. 61, 142.

unguentum, i (gen. plur. unguentūm, Plaut. Curc. 1, 2, 5; id. Poen. 3, 3, 88), n. [unguo], an ointment, unguent, perfume: non omnes possunt olere unguenta exotica, Plaut. Most. 1, 1, 41; 1, 3, 115 sq.; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 25, § 62; id. Cat. 2, 3, 5; id. Sest. 8, 18; id. Cael. 11, 27; id. Tusc. 5, 21, 62; Hor. C. 2, 3, 13; 2, 7, 23; id. A. P. 375; Prop. 3, 16 (4, 15), 23; Ov. F. 3, 561; Mart. 11, 54, 1; Plin. 1, 1, 1, § 3.

unguĭcŭlus, i, m. dim. [unguis], a finger-nail: integritas unguiculorum omnium, Cic. Fin. 5, 27, 80; Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 17; Sen. Q. N. 6, 2, 5.
Prov.: a teneris unguiculis, a transl. of the Gr. ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὀνύχων, from early infancy, from childhood, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2 (for which: de tenero ungui, Hor. C. 3, 6, 24): ex unguiculis (= ἐξ ὀνύχων), from the very finger-tips, i. e. through and through, Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 20; App. M. 10, p. 249, 11.

* unguilla, ae, f. [unguo, ungo], an ointment-box, Sol. 27 fin.

unguĭnōsus, a, um, adj. [unguen], full of fat or oil, fat, oily, unctuous: unguentum, Plin. 13, 1, 2, § 17: opus, Cels. 5, 26, 20.
Comp.: nuces, Plin. 23, 8, 77, § 147.

unguis, is (abl. ungui, Cat. 62, 43; Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 46; id. C. 2, 8, 4; Prop. 1, 20, 39; cf. Charis. p. 120), m. [cf. Gr. ΟΝΥΧ-, ὄνυξ; Sanscr. nakha], a nail of a person’s finger or toe.

  1. I. Lit., Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247; 10, 35, 52, § 106; 28, 2, 5, § 28; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 51; 1, 19, 46; id. S. 1, 3, 101; Prop. 1, 20, 39; Ov. Am. 1, 7, 64; 2, 6, 4; id. A. A. 3, 708.
      1. 2. Of animals. a claw, talon, hoof, Plin. 11, 45, 101, § 247; Hor. C. 2, 19, 24; Ov. M. 4, 717; 10, 540; Col. 6, 12; Mart. 14, 199 al.
    1. B. Proverbial phrases.
      1. 1. Ab imis unguibus usque ad verticem summum, from top to toe, from the crown of his head to the sole of his foot, Cic. Rosc. Com. 7, 20.
      2. 2. A rectā conscientiā transversum unguem non discedere, not to depart a finger’s breadth in the least, Cic. Att. 13, 20, 4; cf. ellipt.: urge igitur, nec transversum unguem, quod aiunt, a stilo, id. Fam. 7, 25, 2: si tu ex isto loco digitum transvorsum aut unguem latum excesseris, Plaut. Aul. 1, 1, 17 sq.; Hier. Ep. 127, 8 (v. transversus and digitus).
      3. 3. Cum medium ostenderet unguem, i. e. showed utter derision, the greatest contempt (because the middle finger was regarded as indecent), Juv. 10, 53.
      4. 4. Incestos amores De tenero meditatur ungui, i. e. from childhood, ἐξ ἁπαλῶν ὸνύχων, Hor. C. 3, 6, 24 (for which: a teneris unguiculis, Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2).
      5. 5. Ad or in unguem, after the Gr. εἰς ὄνυχα or ἐπ’ ὄνυχος, to a hair, to a nicety, exactly, perfectly (an expression borrowed from sculptors, who, in modelling, give the finishing touch with the nail; or joiners, who test the accuracy of joints in wood by the nail: materiem dolare ad unguem, Col. 11, 2, 13: ad unguem Factus homo, highly polished, perfectly accomplished, Hor. S. 1, 5, 32; cf.: carmen decies castigare ad unguem, id. A. P. 294 Jan. ad loc.: suturae capitis in unguem committuntur, Cels. 8, 1, § 12; Verg. G. 2, 277 Serv.; Vitr. 4, 6, 2; cf. also: carmina molli numero fluere, ut per leve severos effundat junctura unguis, Pers. 1, 65.
      6. 6. Homo, cujus pluris erat unguis, quam tu totus es, a man whose little finger was worth more than your whole body, Petr. 57 fin.
      7. 7. Rodere ungues, to bite the nails, i. e. to be buried in thought, etc.: ille in versu faciendo Saepe caput scaberet vivos et roderet ungues, Hor. S. 1, 10, 71; cf.: ungue meam morso saepe querere fidem. Prop. 3 (4), 25, 4: et saepe inmeritos corrumpas dentibus ungues, id. 2, 4, 3 (13).
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Of plants, a nail-like spot, the tip, extremity, Plin. 12, 9, 19, § 36; 21, 18, 73, § 121; Col. 4, 24, 7; Pall. Febr. 12, 5.
    2. B. A kind of shell-fish, perh. the razor-fish, Varr. L. L. 5, 12, 23.
    3. C. A hook: ferrei, Col. 12, 18, 2.
    4. D. A white skin on the eye, a web, haw, πτερύγιον, Cels. 7, 7, 4.

ungŭla, ae, f. [unguis].

  1. I. Lit., a hoof, claw, talon; of a horse: totam quatit ungula terram, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Ann. v. 231 Vahl.); Verg. A. 8, 596; cf. Cic. N. D. 3, 5, 11.
    Of a swine, Cato, R. R. 158, 1; Cels. 2, 17; 4, 14.
    Of oxen: bisulca, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72.
    Of the claws of hens, Plaut. Aul. 3. 4, 8.
    Of vultures’ and eagles’ talons, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63.
    Prov.: toto corpore atque omnibus ungulis, i. e., as we say, with tooth and nail, with might and main, Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 56.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Poet., a horse: cum carceribus missos rapit ungula currus, Hor. S. 1, 1, 114; Mart. 12, 50, 5.
    2. B. A claw, an instrument of torture (late Lat.), Cod. Just. 9, 18, 7 fin.; Prud. στεφ. 1, 44; Hier. Ep. 1, 3.
  3. III. An aromatic spice, Vulg. Ecclus. 24, 21.

ungŭlatros ungues magnos atque asperos Cato appellavit, Fest. p. 279 Müll. N. cr.

ungŭlātus, a, um, adj. [ungula], having claws or hoofs (post-class.): altero pede ungulatus, Tert. Apol. 16 fin.; so, aliquis, Mart. Cap. 4, § 378.

ungŭlus, i, m. [Oscan; Sanscr. ankami, bend; Gr. ἀγκύλος, crooked; Lat. ancus, aduncus; cf. angulus], a finger-ring, a ring (ante-class.): ungulus Oscorum linguā anulus, Fest. p. 375 Müll.; cf.: (anulum) apud nos prisci ungulum vocabant, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10; Poët. ap. Fest. l. l.; so Pac. ib. (Trag. Fragm. v. 64, 215 Rib.).

unguo, ĕre, v. ungo.

‡ ungustus fustis uncus, Fest. p. 377 Müll.