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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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Demotinus lapsus

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Demotinus lapsus

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At a Glance

The word. A name for sudden death.

In the book. Lapsus Demotinus reverses the order of the words and adds that the sudden death is more dangerous than an apoplexy.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347.

Historical Definition

Demotinus lapsus is sudden death.

Meaning

The gloss describes suddenness without assigning a cause. It does not identify a particular disorder or explain how death is recognised. That limited scope is important when the term appears among more detailed medical labels.

Use in the Book

Lapsus Demotinus reverses the order of the words and adds that the sudden death is more dangerous than an apoplexy. The two entries make a clear naming relationship, but the additional comparison belongs to that other definition. It should not be silently inserted into the wording printed here.

Places to Read

Lapsus Demotinus. Sudden death named by comparison with apoplexy.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 19; facsimile PDF page 347 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary 1650, s.v. Demotinus lapsus

See also. Lapsus Demotinus

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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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