alembicum

Latin

Alternative forms

alembīcus, alambīcum, alambīcus

Etymology

From Arabic الْإِنْبِيق (al-ʔinbīq), from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”), possibly from ἄμβων (ámbōn, “edge of a cup”).

Alambīcum quoddam

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.lemˈbiː.kum/, [äɫ̪ɛmˈbiːkʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lemˈbi.kum/, [älemˈbiːkum]

Noun

alembīcum n (genitive alembīcī); second declension

alembic, still

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alembīcum	alembīca
Genitive	alembīcī	alembīcōrum
Dative	alembīcō	alembīcīs
Accusative	alembīcum	alembīca
Ablative	alembīcō	alembīcīs
Vocative	alembīcum	alembīca

Descendants

From the form alembīcus:

→ Middle Dutch: alembijc, alembijt, halembic
- → Dutch: alambiek
Old French: alambic
- Middle French: alambic
  - French: alambic
    - → Dutch: lambiek
      - → English: lambic
      - → French: lambic
    - → English: alembic
→ Sicilian: alammicu

References

alembicum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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