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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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Lethargius

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At a Glance

The word. A name defined through finding mines.

In the book. Marcasita and Kachimia describe unripe metallic matter; Lethargius concerns finding the mine.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358.

Historical Definition

Lethargius is a finder of mines.

Meaning

The finder’s function is the whole explanation provided. The entry does not say whether the immediate referent is a person, an instrument or a power invoked in a particular account. Selecting one of those possibilities would go beyond its wording.

Use in the Book

Marcasita and Kachimia describe unripe metallic matter; Lethargius concerns finding the mine. This distinction keeps an agent or means of discovery separate from the material discovered.

Places to Read

Kachimia. Metallic ore described as unripe and at its beginning.

Marcasita. A varied category of metallic matter understood as unripe.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 30; facsimile PDF page 358 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymical Dictionary 1650, 1650 dictionary, facsimile PDF page 358, Lethargius

See also. Kachimia; Marcasita

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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.