unguentum

American  

[uhng-gwen-tuhm] / ʌŋˈgwɛn təm /

noun

plural

unguenta

1. (in prescriptions) ointment.

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Etymology

Origin of unguentum

From Latin

Example Sentences

The oleum narcissenum et unguentum is found in all hospital books, and comes down from Pliny, 2, 19: “Narcissi duogenera medici usu recipiunt.”

From The Leper in England: with some account of English lazar-houses by Hope, Robert Charles

Also, unguentum album, or diapompholigos, spread upon a small piece of leather in form of a plaster, will not be amiss.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

The most certain cure is the unguentum aureum—not applied to the horse, but to the palm of the master of the inn or stable.

From 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Grose, Francis

Sed contra accipies meros amores 10Seu quid suavius elegantiusvest: Nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae Donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque, Quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, Totum ut te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.

From The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

Sed, contra, accipies meros amores, Seu quod suavius elegantiusve est: Nam unguentum dabo, quod meae puellae Donarunt Veneres Cupidinesque; Quod tu cum olfacies, deos rogabis, Totum te faciant, Fabulle, nasum.

From The Lucasta Poems by Lovelace, Richard