aqua vitae – English noun declension

English noun forms of aqua vitae

Noun: aqua vitae
Singularaqua vitae
Pluralaquae vitae

Sample Sentences

  • Ile ſooner truſt an Iriſhman vvith my
  • Aquauita bottle, Sir Hu our parſon vvith my cheeſe,
  • A theefe to vvalk my ambling gelding, thẽ my vvife
  • VVith her ſelfe […] [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]:]

Nouns inflected like aqua vitae

aqua vitae,

Etymology

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. See: Middle English Nouns 'aqua vite', French Nouns 'eau-de-vie'.