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🦻 Body canal part 🏺 A small flask
ampulla

ampulla

9.9
A small ancient Roman bottle with two handles for holding oil or wine
  • noun
  • /æmˈpʌlə/
  • Archaic
translation icon : ampolla
  • The ancient Romans used an ampulla to store their finest oils.

Examples

  • The intricate designs on the silver ampulla suggest it belonged to someone of high status.

  • The museum displays an ancient ampulla that was once used to store olive oil.

  • Archaeologists unearthed a Roman ampulla near the site of an old villa.

  • She admired the decorative ampullae displayed in the museum.

  • The priest poured the holy oil from the ampulla during the baptism ceremony.

  • She admired the ancient ampulla displayed in the museum as a remarkable piece of Roman history.

  • In the excavation, archaeologists discovered a beautifully crafted ampulla used for storing olive oil.

Synonyms

amphora
vsampulla
2 9.9

A tall ancient jar with two handles and a narrow neck used to hold oil or wine

is a small two handled bottle used for storing wine or oils

Surface Forms

ampulla singular
ampullas plural
ampullae plural

Etymology

Ampulla originally meant a small bottle in Latin — a little 'flask' used for oil or wine in ancient times. You can see the same root in English ampule or ampoule, so a Roman ampulla was literally a small two-handled flask for holding liquids.