DiotimosReading Desk

Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

Explore the Lexicon
A Chymical DictionaryOrdoleum

Swipe or use the arrow keys.

English Edition · Branch 545 of 740

Ordoleum

Book Mode

A Chymical Dictionary

p. 545

Ordoleum

Body disease and historical medicine · A Chymical Dictionary

At a Glance

The word. A small swelling identified through a grain comparison.

In the book. Compare Rana and Sephirus, defined through bodily place or qualities.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364.

Historical Definition

Ordoleum is a small swelling or abscess like a barley grain.

Meaning

The comparison supplies scale or shape rather than a material ingredient. The swelling is like a barley grain; the definition does not say that barley is present within it.

Use in the Book

Compare Rana and Sephirus, defined through bodily place or qualities. These short medical entries use different descriptive features to help a reader identify the intended historical condition.

Places to Read

Rana. A swelling identified by its position beneath the tongue.

Sephirus. A swelling characterized by hardness and dryness.

Pandalitium. Three names for a swelling at the ends of the fingers.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 36; facsimile PDF page 364 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Ordoleum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 364; compare Rana, Sephirus, Pandalitium

See also. Rana; Sephirus; Pandalitium

545

About This Reading Edition

The complete 706 historical definitions of the 1650 English dictionary, modernised and accompanied by expanded Diotimos commentary, reading routes, 15 textual notes and complete linked indexes.

Historical Text

A Chymicall Dictionary, London 1650, English version associated with John French, based on Gerhard Dorn’s Dictionarium Theophrasti Paracelsi. The containing volume also prints Sendivogius and Paracelsus; neither neighboring work changes this dictionary’s attribution.

About This Edition

Complete 706 definition paragraphs with new introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes; Diotimos Editions, 2026.

Rights

The historical 1650 English text is in the public domain. New introduction, commentary, reading guides and indexes are © 2026 Diotimos Editions and published with the site owner’s authorization.