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Erodinium
Spirits celestial influences and signs · A Chymical Dictionary
At a Glance
The word. A sign understood as pointing towards a future event.
In the book. Essodinum is more specific about presaging by marks; Evestrum names a prophetic spirit associated with signs or something preceding an event.
A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.
Historical Definition
Erodinium is the sign of something to come.
Meaning
The entry names a sign without specifying its medium or the event it foretells. Its meaning lies in the relation between a present indication and something expected to follow, rather than in a particular art of interpretation.
Use in the Book
Essodinum is more specific about presaging by marks; Evestrum names a prophetic spirit associated with signs or something preceding an event. Comparing the entries separates a sign, an interpretation of marks and a supposed sign-bearing agency. Erodinium itself supplies only the general future-directed relation.
Places to Read
Essodinum. Foretelling by interpreting marks.
Evestrum. A prophetic agency associated with signs preceding events.
Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile