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). ==== 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, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)