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'''Aqua vitae'''<ref>"Aqua vitae ... 1. A term of the alchemists applied to ardent spirits or unrectified alcohol; sometimes applied, in commerce, to ardent spirits of the first distillation ... 2. Hence, pop. Any form in which ardent spirits have been drunk, as brandy, whisky, etc. ..." in {{OED}}</ref> est locutio [[Alchemia|alchemica]] quae indicat potionem adeo fortem ut "ardens" (hoc est inflammabilis) sit. Hodie hoc nomen datur variis [[potio fortis|potionibus]] distillatis, praesertim [[ethanol]]e, [[spiritusvinum viniadustum|spiritibus vini]] e.g. [[spiritus vini Cognacensis|Cognacensi]], [[vischium|vischio]]. Haec locutio variis linguis adoptatur, e.g. francogallica (''eau de vie''), germanica (''Lebenswasser''), scandanavicis (''akvavit''), celticis (''uisce beatha'' i.q. [[vischium]]), et fortasse slavicis (cf. ''водка'' "parva aqua").