alembicum

Latin

Alternative forms

alembicus, alembīcus, alambīcum, alambīcus

Etymology

From Arabic الْإِنْبِيق‎ (al-ʾinbīq), 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/, [a.ɫɛmˈbiː.kũ]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.lemˈbi.kum/, [a.lemˈbiː.kum]

Noun

alembīcum n (genitive alembīcī); second declension

alembic, still

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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