unguentum

[uhng-gwen-tuhm]

noun

plural

unguenta 

1. (in prescriptions) ointment.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unguentum¹

From Latin

Example Sentences

The words in the last of these— Nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae Donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque— seem to admit of no other explanation than that they were written in the heyday of his passion.

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Unlike the Unguentum Armarium, however, its composition was simple.

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The Weapon Ointment.—Among the most famous nostrums, and a striking example of the great r�le played in therapeutics by mental influence and coincidence, is the Unguentum Armariam or Weapon Ointment.

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Take unguentum populeum and vervain, and hypericon, and put a red-hot iron into it.

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They may be consum'd with Powder of Allom, Unguentum �gyptiacum, or Lapis infernalis.

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