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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Unguentarius

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

UNGUENTA'RIUS (μυροπώλης). A maker and vendor of scents and unguents. Cic. Off. i. 42. Hor. Sat. ii. 3. 228.

2. Unguentaria taberna. A perfumer's shop. Varro, L. L. viii. 55. Suet. Aug. 4.

3. Ungentarium sc. vas. A scent-bottle or vase for holding fine unguents and perfumes (Plin. H. N. xxxvi. 12.). They were made of alabaster, and pietre dure, or glass, of which latter material several specimens in different forms and sizes, are exhibited by the illustrations (Unguentarius/3.1), all from originals preserved in the Museum at Naples.

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