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)

  1. Of or pertaining to an ointment.

Etymology 2

From Latin unguentārius (perfumer, noun).

Noun

unguentario m (plural unguentarî)

  1. (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
Synonyms

Latin

Noun

unguentāriō

  1. dative singular of unguentārius
  2. ablative singular of unguentārius
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