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Ampulla
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Am-pul′la
,Noun.
pl.
Ampullæ
. [L. ]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
A narrow-necked vessel having two handles and bellying out like a jug.
2.
(Eccl.)
(a)
A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.
(b)
The vase in which the holy oil for chrism, unction, or coronation is kept.
Shipley.
3.
(Biol.)
Any membranous bag shaped like a leathern bottle, as the dilated end of a vessel or duct; especially the dilations of the semicircular canals of the ear.
Definition 2024
ampulla
ampulla
English
Noun
ampulla (plural ampullas or ampullae)
- A Roman two-handled vessel.
- 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.
- (anatomy) The dilated end of a duct.
Derived terms
Translations
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒmpulːɒ]
- Hyphenation: am‧pul‧la
Noun
ampulla (plural ampullák)
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | ampulla | ampullák |
| accusative | ampullát | ampullákat |
| dative | ampullának | ampulláknak |
| instrumental | ampullával | ampullákkal |
| causal-final | ampulláért | ampullákért |
| translative | ampullává | ampullákká |
| terminative | ampulláig | ampullákig |
| essive-formal | ampullaként | ampullákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ampullában | ampullákban |
| superessive | ampullán | ampullákon |
| adessive | ampullánál | ampulláknál |
| illative | ampullába | ampullákba |
| sublative | ampullára | ampullákra |
| allative | ampullához | ampullákhoz |
| elative | ampullából | ampullákból |
| delative | ampulláról | ampullákról |
| ablative | ampullától | ampulláktól |
| Possessive forms of ampulla | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ampullám | ampulláim |
| 2nd person sing. | ampullád | ampulláid |
| 3rd person sing. | ampullája | ampullái |
| 1st person plural | ampullánk | ampulláink |
| 2nd person plural | ampullátok | ampulláitok |
| 3rd person plural | ampullájuk | ampulláik |
Latin
Etymology
From ambi- (“around”) + olla (“a pot, jar”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /amˈpul.la/, [amˈpʊl.la]
Noun
ampulla f (genitive ampullae); first declension
- a two-handled vessel with a swollen middle
- (figuratively) swelling words, bombast
- vocative singular of ampulla
ampullā f
- ablative singular of ampulla
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ampulla | ampullae |
| genitive | ampullae | ampullārum |
| dative | ampullae | ampullīs |
| accusative | ampullam | ampullās |
| ablative | ampullā | ampullīs |
| vocative | ampulla | ampullae |
Derived terms
- ampullāceus
- ampullārius
- ampullor
Descendants
References
- 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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ampulla”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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