ampulla

From Latin ampulla.

ampulla (plural ampullas or ampullae)

1. (historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
2. A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)

   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 8:

     Miraculously moist, the chrism was kept in an ampulla in Reims cathedral where the coronations of the kings of France were held.

3. (anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
4. (botany) The spongiole of a root.

• ampulla of Vater
• ampullary

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmpulːɒ]
• Hyphenation: am‧pul‧la

ampulla (plural ampullák)

1. ampoule

From amphora +‎ -la.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /amˈpul.la/, [amˈpʊl.la]

ampulla f (genitive ampullae); first declension

1. a two-handled vessel with a swollen middle
2. (figuratively) swelling words, bombast
3. vocative singular of ampulla

ampullā f

1. ablative singular of ampulla

First declension.

• ampullāceus
• ampullārius
• ampullor

• ampulla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ampulla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ampulla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ampulla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ampulla in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin