Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Ampulla

Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)

AMPUL'LA. A bottle; like our own word, a general term for any form or material, but more accurately for a vessel made of glass, with a narrow neck and swelling body, like a bladder; whence the word is used figuratively to signify turgid or inflated language. (Hor. A. P. 97.) The illustration (Ampulla/1.1) affords an example of various originals excavated at Rome.

2. Ampulla olearia. An oil flask, such as was used for carrying oil to the baths for pouring over the strigil to prevent it from scraping too sharply, and for other general purposes. It is described by Apuleius (Flor. ii. 9. 2.), exactly as represented in the cut, from an original (Ampulla/2.1) formerly in the possession of Lorenzo Pignori (De Serv. p. 84.), as shaped like a lentil, with a narrow neck and flattish sides, lenticulari forma, tereti ambitu, pressula rotunditate.

3. Ampulla rubida. A flask covered with leather, like our hunting flasks, and used by persons on a journey to hold wine, vinegar, or oil (Plaut. Stich. ii. 1. 77. Festus s. v. Rubida).

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