aqua vitae
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
From Medieval Latin aqua vītae directly and via Middle English aqua vite and French eau-de-vie, from aqua (“water”) and vītae (“of life”). Doublet of aquavit and akvavit. Compare eau de vie, whisky, whiskey, and water of life from the same source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aqua vitae (countable and uncountable, plural aquae vitae)
- (alchemy) An aqueous solution of alcohol typically prepared by distilling wine.
- (organic chemistry, archaic) A concentrated aqueous solution of ethanol.
- (archaic) Synonym of liquor, particularly cognac and other French brandy.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, […] [T]he Merrie Wiues of Windsor. […] (First Quarto), London: […] T[homas] C[reede] for Arthur Ihonson, […], published 1602, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aqua (“water”) + vītae (“of life”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.kʷa ˈu̯iː.tae̯/, [ˈäkʷä ˈu̯iːt̪äe̯]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.kwa ˈvi.te/, [ˈäːkwä ˈviːt̪e]
Noun[edit]
aqua vītae f sg (genitive aquae vītae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) liquor, distilled alcohol
- Synonym: spiritus vini (“spirit of wine”)
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun with an indeclinable portion, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | aqua vītae |
Genitive | aquae vītae |
Dative | aquae vītae |
Accusative | aquam vītae |
Ablative | aquā vītae |
Vocative | aqua vītae |
Descendants[edit]
Descendants
- Inherited:
- Romanian: apă vie
- Borrowed or calqued:
- → Danish: akvavit
- → French: eau-de-vie (calque)
- → English: eau de vie
- → German: Aquavit
- → Icelandic: ákavíti
- → Italian: acquavite
- → Middle English: aqua vite
- English: aqua vitae, water of life
- → Old Irish: (calque)
- Irish: uisce beatha, Irish: beathuisce
- → English: usquebaugh, whiskey
- Scottish Gaelic: uisge-beatha
- Irish: uisce beatha, Irish: beathuisce
- → Polish: akwawita (archaic), okowita
- →? Romanian: apă vieții (calque)
- → Swedish: akvavit (calque)
References[edit]
- aqua 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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