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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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Vinum essatum

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Vinum essatum

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At a Glance

The word. Wine carrying the powers attributed to another material.

In the book. Vinum correctum has a different identification, the alcohol of wine.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374.

Historical Definition

Vinum essatum is wine impregnated with the virtues of herbs or anything else.

Meaning

Impregnated describes wine receiving the virtues of something introduced into or communicated to it. Virtues means powers or effective qualities in the historical vocabulary. Herbs are an example, followed by the broader phrase anything else.

Use in the Book

Vinum correctum has a different identification, the alcohol of wine. The present entry concerns what wine carries from another subject rather than simply its own rectification.

Cardonium offers a related herbal-wine term, defining a medicinal wine made from herbs. Vinum essatum is wider in its stated source, admitting herbs or anything else. The comparison distinguishes a particular herbal category from this broader account of wine receiving virtues.

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Vinum correctum. A wine preparation referred to alcohol of wine.

Vegetabilia. Growing things described through rootedness and branching.

Cardonium. An herbal wine defined by its intended medicinal character.

In This Edition

The broad wording is preserved. It does not authorize a particular medicinal mixture or establish the effect of an unspecified ingredient.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 46; facsimile PDF page 374 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Vinum essatum; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 374; compare Vinum correctum, Vegetabilia, Cardonium

See also. Vinum correctum; Vegetabilia; Cardonium

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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.

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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.