ampulla

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin ampulla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æmˈpʊlə/

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• ampulla of Vater
• ampullary

Translations

vessel for containing consecrated wine or oil

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} ampaill f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ambula f

dilated end of a duct

• Finnish: avartuma
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: ampola (pt) f

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

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

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Latin

Etymology

From amphora +‎ -la.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /amˈpul.la/, [ämˈpʊlːʲä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /amˈpul.la/, [ämˈpulːä]

Noun

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

Declension

First-declension noun.

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

• Asturian: ampolla, empolla
• Catalan: ampolla
• English: ampoule, ampulla
• Finnish: amppeli, ampulli
• French: ampoule
• Galician: ampola
• German: Ampel, Ampulle
• Irish: ampaill
• Italian: ampolla

• Portuguese: ampola, ampulheta (via Spanish)
• Sardinian: ampudda, impodda, ampudha, ampulla, impudha
• Serbo-Croatian: ampula / ампула
• Sicilian: mpudda
• Spanish: ampolla, ámpula
• Russian: а́мпула (ámpula)
• Venetian: anpola

Noun

(deprecated template usage) ampullā f

1. ablative singular of ampulla

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
• 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

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Sardinian

Alternative forms

• amprulla

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ampulla, derived from amphora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amˈpul.la/

Noun

ampulla f (plural ampullas)

1. (Limba Sarda Comuna) bottle

   Hypernym: istèrgiu