单词 | simpulum |
释义 | simpulumn. Roman History. A small ladle or other vessel used to pour out wine, esp. as an offering to a god. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > utensils for wine basketc950 faucet?a1400 claretc1440 tilter1630 simpulum1672 worm1681 valentia1688 screw1697 bottle screw1699 corkscrew1720 cyathus1768 toddy ladle1807 valinch1823 champagne fountain1835 wine-wagon1848 beer-tray1862 beer-pull1864 oenochoe1871 bottle opener1872 kovsh1884 toddy-lifter1894 set-up1930 beer-mat1939 1672 T. Philipot Brief Hist. Disc. Heraldry 55 They impressed on their Denarii a Simpulum or Ewer used in Sacrifices, a Tripos, and a Lituus or crooked Augurall staff. 1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. ii. 249 An altar, with two reliefs on it, one being a person holding a simpulum. 1756 J. Kennedy Curiosities of Wilton House (1786) 116 She holds in her Right-Hand a Simpulum. 1810 T. Baxter Illustr. Egyptian, Grecian & Rom. Costume 13 She is endeavouring, with the simpulum which she holds betwixt her toes, to fill the lesser vase out of the greater. 1858 S. Birch Hist. Anc. Pottery II. 315 The vases used in sacrifices were principally of earthenware, and comprised the simpulum [etc.]. 1935 Mem. Amer. Acad. Rome 12 125 The simpula found in the shrine may have been dedicated by those who used them for some ritual purpose. 1971 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 102 244 Engraved upon the broken handle of a simpulum, an insc. in Roman characters. 2004 H. F. Mallgrave & M. Robinson tr. G. Semper Style in Techn. & Tectonic Arts II. v. 497 The simpulum was the sacrificial spoon and the cyathus the spoon used for eating. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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