ungustus
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *ongostos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ong-os-tos, from *h₂eng-. Cognate with angulus (“corner, angle”), ungulus (“ring”). [1]
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /unˈɡus.tus/, [ʊŋˈɡʊs̠t̪ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /unˈɡus.tus/, [uŋˈɡust̪us]
Noun edit
ungustus m (genitive ungustī); second declension
- A curved stick
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ungustus | ungustī |
| Genitive | ungustī | ungustōrum |
| Dative | ungustō | ungustīs |
| Accusative | ungustum | ungustōs |
| Ablative | ungustō | ungustīs |
| Vocative | unguste | ungustī |
References edit
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “ungulus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 641
- “ungustus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ungustus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.