the pitchy keel

ungo or unguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root in Sanscr. ang, to besmear; cf. Gr. agos], 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 (ious chriesthai), 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.—

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.—

Transf., rich, luxurious, sumptuous (syn. lautus).

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.—

Subst.: unctum, i, n.

A rich banquet, sumptuous feast:

unctum qui recte ponere possit,

Hor. A. P. 422:

cenare sine uncto,

Pers. 6, 16.—

An ointment:

haurito plusculo uncto, corporis mei membra perfricui,

App. M. 3, p. 139; Veg. 3, 71, 5.