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”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.ɫɛmˈbiː.kũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.lemˈbiː.kum]

Noun

alembīcum n (genitive alembīcī); second declension

alembic, still

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	alembīcum	alembīca
genitive	alembīcī	alembīcōrum
dative	alembīcō	alembīcīs
accusative	alembīcum	alembīca
ablative	alembīcō	alembīcīs
vocative	alembīcum	alembīca

Descendants

→ Italian: alambicco, lambicco, limbicco
→ 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, lammicu

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)