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Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Sonath

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At a Glance

The word. A name referred to anthos.

In the book. Anthos has expressly different vegetable and metallic senses: rosemary flowers in one context, and the elixir or quintessence of gold in the other.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371.

Historical Definition

Sonath is anthos.

Meaning

The compiler supplies an equivalence with another headword. The target term must remain visible because its own contextual distinctions carry the fuller explanation.

Use in the Book

Anthos has expressly different vegetable and metallic senses: rosemary flowers in one context, and the elixir or quintessence of gold in the other. The present synonym does not decide between them. Follow the subject of the passage and the target entry before choosing a sense.

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Anthos. A term whose sense changes between vegetable and metallic contexts.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 43; facsimile PDF page 371 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Sonath; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 371; compare Anthos

See also. Anthos

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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.

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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.