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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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Oppilativa

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Oppilativa

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At a Glance

The word. A class of medicines defined by stopping a flow.

In the book. Repercussiva drives a flow back, while Sedativa eases pain.

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

Historical Definition

Oppilativa are medicines that stop flows.

Meaning

The action word identifies a therapeutic class. The entry gives no particular ingredient and does not specify the bodily flow under discussion.

Use in the Book

Repercussiva drives a flow back, while Sedativa eases pain. Comparing those verbs makes the historical classifications more precise: stopping, driving back and easing name different attributed effects.

Congelativa is a close parallel, likewise defined as medicines that stop a flow. That explicit action connects the two names more directly than an assumption drawn from either headword alone.

Places to Read

Repercussiva. Medicines classified by their supposed action of driving a flow back.

Sedativa. Remedies classified by relief of pain.

Congelativa. Medicines classified by stopping a bodily flow.

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

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Oppilativa; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 364; compare Repercussiva, Sedativa, Congelativa

See also. Repercussiva; Sedativa; Congelativa

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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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