alembicum
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Arabic الْإِنْبِيق (al-ʾinbīq), from الْ (al-, “the”) + إِنْبِيق (ʾinbīq, “still”), the latter from Ancient Greek ἄμβιξ (ámbix, “cup, cap of a still”).
Alambīcum quoddam
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.lemˈbiː.kum/, [a.ɫɛmˈbiː.kũ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.lemˈbi.kum/, [a.lemˈbiː.kum]
Noun
alembīcum n (genitive alembīcī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | alembīcum | alembīca |
| genitive | alembīcī | alembīcōrum |
| dative | alembīcō | alembīcīs |
| accusative | alembīcum | alembīca |
| ablative | alembīcō | alembīcīs |
| vocative | alembīcum | alembīca |
References
- alembicum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
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