simpulum

[ sim-pyoo-luhm ]

noun

, plural sim·pu·la [sim, -py, oo, -l, uh].

1. an ancient dipper having the rim of the bowl at right angles to the handle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of simpulum¹

1735–45; < Latin: ceremonial ladle or pouring vessel

Example Sentences

One of the most celebrated vases in the Neapolitan collection was found with a bronze simpulum in it; and upon the vase itself there was a sacrificial painting, representing a priest in the act of pouring out a libation from a vase with the simpulum.

From Project Gutenberg

On the two sides of the altar other bas-reliefs represent the instruments that were used at the sacrifices; the lituus, or curved staff of the augur; the acerra, or perfuming censer; the mantile, or consecrated cloth that—let us simply say, the napkin,—and, finally, the vases peculiar to these ceremonies, the patere, the simpulum, and the prefericulum.

From Project Gutenberg