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Divertalium
Elements principles and the natural world · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. Generation attributed to the elements.
In the book. Dardo concerns successive generation by propagation.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.
Historical Definition
Divertalium, or Divertellum, is generation made by the elements.
Meaning
The two forms name a kind or account of generation through its agents, the elements. No particular generated subject is specified, and the definition does not describe the stages of the process. Keep the attribution to elements rather than replacing it with a narrower reproductive explanation.
Use in the Book
Dardo concerns successive generation by propagation. Elementum defines the elemental domain through change and corruption. These entries place generation in a larger vocabulary of origins and transformation, but leave the relation between the different formulations to the author being read.
Places to Read
Dardo. Generation understood as a continuing succession through propagation.
Elementum. The elemental domain described through corruption, transience and change.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile