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uncātĭo, ōnis, f. [uncatus], a bending inwards, a hooking, curving: unguium, Cael. Aur. Acut. 2, 32 med.

uncātus, a, um, adj. [uncus], bent inwards, hooked, curved (post-class.).

  1. I. Lit.: lanceae, Sid. Ep. 4, 20.
    1. B. Transf., bent down, bowed down: ut quidam uncati permaneant, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 3, 57.
  2. II. Trop., hooked, barbed: syllogismi, Sid. Ep. 9, 9 fin.

† uncĭa, ae, f., = οὐγκία (Siculian and Etruscan; v. Müller, Etrusk. 1, p. 309 sq.) [akin to unus, unicus, unio; Gr. οἰνός], the twelfth part of any thing, a twelfth.

  1. I. Lit.
      1. 1. Of inheritances: mortuus Babullius. Caesar, opinor, ex unciā, etsi nihil adhuc: sed Lepta ex triente, Cic. Att. 13, 48, 1: heres, Sen. Contr. 4, 28 med.; Cod. Just. 5, 27, 2.
        Of a debt: non erit uncia tota, Mart. 9, 3, 5.
      2. 2. To denote a rate of interest, one twelfth per cent. a month, i. e. reckoning by the year, one per cent., Dig. 26, 7, 47, § 4.
      3. 3. As a weight, the twelfth part of a pound (as or libra), an ounce, Rhemn. Fan. Pond. 28; Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 3: uncia aloës, Plin. 20, 13, 51, § 140: Falerni, Mart. 1, 107, 3.
      4. 4. As a measure of land, one twelfth of a jugerum, Col. 5, 1, 10.
      5. 5. As a measure of length, the twelfth part of a foot, an inch, Front. Aquaed. 24; Plin. 6, 34, 39, § 214.
  2. II. Transf., a trifle, bit, atom: neque piscium ullam unciam hodie Pondo cepi, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 8; Juv. 11, 131: nulla de nostro nobis uncia venit apro, Mart. 9, 49, 12.

uncĭālis, e, adj. [uncia], of or belonging to a twelfth part, amounting to a twelfth part: asses, i. e. weighing an ounce, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45; so, uva, id. 14, 3, 4, § 42: altitudo, of an inch, id. 18, 16, 43, § 146; so, litterae, Hier. prol. in Job fin.

uncĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [uncia], of or belonging to a twelfth part, containing a twelfth: heres, i. e. who inherits a twelfth part, Dig. 30, 1, 34 fin.: fenus, i. e. one twelfth of the principal was returned annually as interest, or 8 1/3 per cent. (cf. Rein, Privatr. 630 sqq.; Marquardt, Röm. Alterth. 3, 2, 48); Tac. A. 6, 16; Liv. 7, 16, 1; 7, 27, 3: lex, i. e. de fenore unciario, Fest. p. 375: unciariā stipe collatā, i. e. of an as (weighing one ounce), from each person, Plin. 34, 5, 11, § 21: vitis, bearing grapes that weigh an ounce, Col. 3, 2, 2; cf. Isid. Orig. 17, 5, 17

uncĭātim, adv. [uncia], by twelfths, by ounces.

  1. * I. Lit.: (axungia) datur et phthisicis unciatim, cum vini veteris hemina decocta, donec tres unciae e toto restent, Plin. 28, 9, 37, § 139.
  2. * II. Transf., by a little at a time, little by little: quod ille unciatim vix de demenso suo … comparsit miser, Ter. Phorm. 1, 1, 9.

* uncīnātus, a, um, adj. [uncinus], furnished with hooks or tenters, barbed: hamata uncinataque corpora, Cic. Ac. 2, 38, 121.

uncīnus, i, m. [1. uncus], a hook, barb (late Lat. for 1. uncus), App. M. 3, p. 135, 39; Pall. Mart. 10, 29; Vnlg. Exod. 28, 13.
As adj.: hamus, barbed, Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 270.

* uncĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [uncia], a little ounce, Juv. 1, 40.

uncĭ-pēs, pĕdis, adj. [2. uncus], having feet bent in, crook-footed, Tert. Pall. 5.

unco, āre, v. n., to sound or roar like a bear, Carm. Philom. 50.

unctĭo, ōnis, f. [ungo], a besmearing. anointing.

  1. I. Lit.: sudatoriae, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 73: cottidiana, Col. 12, 53, 3. philosophorum omnes unctionis causā relinquunt, i. e. to go and anoint themselves for wrestling in the palæstra, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21; Quint. 11, 3, 19.
  2. II. Transf., an ointment, unguent: ita ut unctio inarescat, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 171.

unctĭto, āre, v. freq. a. [ungo], to besmear or anoint often (ante-class.): se unguentis, Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 117: flavo cinere (crinem), Cato ap. Serv. Verg. A. 4, 698.

* unctĭuscŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [unctus, from ungo], somewhat unctuous: pulmentum, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 85.

unctor, ōris, m. [ungo], an anointer, Plaut. Trin. 2, 1, 22; Mart. 12, 70, 3; 7, 32, 6; 12, 70, 3; Cic. Fam. 7, 24, 2; Quint. 11, 3, 26; Aug. Civ. Dei, 6, 10, 2; Inscr. Orell. 2791; Inscr. Grut. 785, 5.

unctōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. cubiculum) [unctor], the anointing-room in a bath, Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 11; cf. elaeothesium.

unctŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [unctus, from ungo], besmeared, anointed.

  1. I. Adj.: circumtonsi et terti atque unctuli, Varr. ap. Non. 179, 8.
  2. * II. Subst.: unctŭlum, i, n., a little ointment, App. M. 3, p. 139, 2.

unctum, i, n., v. ungo, P. a. fin.

* unctūra, ae, f. [ungo], an anointing of the dead: servilis, Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 60.

1. unctus, a, um, Part. and P. a. of ungo.

2. unctus, ūs, m. [ungo], an anointing, anointment: oleum unctui profer, App. M. 1, p. 113, 3: cochlearum cinis cum melle unctu sanat, Plin. 30, 10, 27, § 90 (al. linitu).

† 1. uncus, i, m. [Sanscr. root ak, ankami, bend; Gr. ἀγκών, ὄγκος; cf.: ancus, ungulus], a hook, barb.

  1. I. In gen., Liv. 30, 10, 16; Col. 3, 18, 2: ferrei, Cato, R. R. 10; 13.
    As an attribute of Necessitas, Hor. C. 1, 35, 20.
    Poet., an anchor, Val. Fl. 2, 428.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. A hook that was fastened to the neck of condemned criminals, and by which they were dragged to the Tiber, Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 5; id. rab. Perd. 5, 16; Ov. Ib. 168; Juv. 10, 66; cf.: et bene cum fixum mento discusseris uncum, Nil erit hoc: rostro te premet ansa suo, Prop. 4 (5), 1, 141.
    2. B. A surgical instrument, Cels. 7, 29.

2. uncus, a, um, adj. [1. uncus],

  1. I. hooked, bent in, crooked, curved, barbed (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; syn.: curvus, recurvus): uncus hamus, Ov. M. 15, 476; also called unca aera, id. P. 2, 7, 10: cornua (tauri), Prop. 2, 5, 19: aratrum, Verg. G. 1, 19; Ov. M. 5, 341; 7, 210; cf.: vomer aratri, Lucr. 1, 313; also called dens, Verg. G. 2, 423: pedes (harpyiae), id. A. 3, 233: ungues, Lucr. 5, 1322: manus, Verg. G. 2, 365: digiti, Col. 7, 11, 2: cauda, Ov. M. 15, 371: labrum, Lucr. 4, 588; 5, 1407.
  2. II. Transf.: unco non alligat ancora morsu, Verg. A. 1, 169: avis Minervae, i. e. with crooked beak and talons, Stat. Th. 3, 507; cf. alites, id. ib. 12, 212.

ungo or unguo, nxi, nctum, 3, v. a. [root in Sanscr. ang, to besmear; cf. Gr. ἄγος],

  1. I. 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 (ἰοὺς χρίεσθαι), 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.
  2. II. 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.
    1. B. Transf., rich, luxurious, sumptuous (syn. lautus).
        1. a. 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.
        2. b. Subst.: unctum, i, n.
      1. 1. A rich banquet, sumptuous feast: unctum qui recte ponere possit, Hor. A. P. 422: cenare sine uncto, Pers. 6, 16.
      2. 2. An ointment: haurito plusculo uncto, corporis mei membra perfricui, App. M. 3, p. 139; Veg. 3, 71, 5.