ampulla

English

Etymology

From Latin ampulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æmˈpʊlə/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

ampulla (plural ampullas or ampullae)

1. (historical) An Ancient Roman two-handled vessel.
2. A vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil.
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 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.

Derived terms

• ampullaceous
• ampulla of Lorenzini
• ampulla of Vater
• ampullar
• ampullary
• ampullate
• ampullectomy
• ampullofugal

Related terms

• ampoule

Translations

vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Irish: (please verify) ampaill f Portuguese: ambula f

dilated end of a duct

Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can Finnish: avartuma Hungarian: hólyagocska (hu), kis tágulat, ívjárat kiszélesedése, ívjárat kiszélesedő része, kiszélesedő rész, hólyagszerű kiszélesedés, ívjáratok kiöblösödése, félkörös ívjárat vége, ívjárat tágabb vége, ívjáratok vége Portuguese: ampola (pt) f

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ampulla (plural ampullák)

1. ampoule

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
non-attributive possessive – singular	ampulláé	ampulláké
non-attributive possessive – plural	ampulláéi	ampullákéi

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

Further reading

• ampulla in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• ampulla in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Latin

Etymology

From amphora +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [amˈpʊl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [amˈpul.la]

Noun

ampulla f (genitive ampullae); first declension

1. small amphora, vial (properly made like a small amphora, with two small handles and a swollen middle, but the shape varies, the chief attribute being that it is a small bottle; made by the Romans of various materials, including glass)

   Hypernym: vās

   Near-synonyms: hirnea, uter

2. (figuratively, chiefly plural) swelling words, bombast
3. (Medieval Latin, New Latin, figuratively) bladder; blister, swelling

Declension

First-declension noun.

	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
• ampullōsus

Descendants

• Asturian: ampolla, empolla
• Catalan: ampolla
• Old French: ampolle, ampole, ampule, ampoule
  • French: ampoule
    • → English: ampoule
    • → Moore: ãmpulli
    • → Persian: آمپول (âmpul)
    • → Turkish: ampul
      • → Laz: ამფული (ampuli)
• Galician: ampola
• Irish: ampaill
• Italian: ampolla
• Portuguese: ampola, empola, âmbula
• Sardinian: ampudda, impodda, ampudha, ampulla, impudha
• Sicilian: mpuḍḍa
• Spanish: ampolla, ámpula
• Venetan: anpola
• → English: ampulla (learned)
• → German: Ampulle (learned)
• → Proto-West Germanic: *ampullā (see there for further descendants)
• → Polish: ampla, ampuła (learned)
• → Serbo-Croatian: ampula, ампула (learned)
• → Russian: а́мпула (ámpula) (learned)
• ⇒ Translingual: Ampullifera

References

• “ampulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ampulla”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• “ampulla”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ampulla”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ampulla”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• ampulla in Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften (1967– ), Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch, Munich: C.H. Beck
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “ampulla”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎, London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• amprulla

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ampulla, derived from amphora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈpulla/

Noun

ampulla f (plural ampullas)

1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) bottle

   Hypernym: istèrgiu