unguentario
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /un.ɡwenˈta.rjo/, [uŋɡwen̪ˈt̪äːr̺jo]
- Stress: unguentàrio
- Hyphenation: un‧guen‧ta‧rio
Etymology 1
From Latin unguentārius (“of or pertaining to a perfume”, adjective).
Adjective
unguentario (feminine singular unguentaria, masculine plural unguentarî, feminine plural unguentarie)
- Of or pertaining to an ointment.
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Latin unguentārius (“perfumer”, noun).
Noun
unguentario m (plural unguentarî)
- (obsolete) An ointment merchant, perfumer.
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata settima, Novella III [Seventh Day, Third Story]”, in Decamerone [Decameron], Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 179:
- […] non celle di frati, ma botteghe di ſpetiali o d'unguentarij
- not the cells of friars, but rather apothecaries' or perfumers' shops
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Latin
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