Aqua vitae: locut. The aqua vitae is the first name given to alcohol, especially wine alcohol. It means in Latin "water of life". however the Italians affirm that the original name was not aqua vitae, but aqua vite or acqua di vite or "vine water" in Italian, by allusion to the translucent liquid
distilled wine. In turn, according to the Italians, the current name is due to the stimulating and invigorating power of alcohol or simply to a distortion of the spelling. The gaé translation ...
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