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unctio

unctio, a besmearing, anointing

unctĭo, ōnis, f. [ungo], a besmearing. anointing.
  • I Lit.: sudatoriae, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 73 (227): cottidiana, Col. 12, 53, 3. philosophorum omnes unctionis causā relinquunt, i. e. to go and anoint themselves for wrestling in the palaestra, Cic. de Or. 2, 5, 21; Quint. 11, 3, 19.—
  • II Transf., an ointment, unguent: ita ut unctio inarescat, Plin. 28, 11, 47, § 171.

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