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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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Aniadus

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At a Glance

The word. The effective power attributed to things.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332.

Historical Definition

Aniadus is the efficacy of things.

Meaning

The term concerns what things can accomplish rather than merely their visible shape or quantity. Its very short definition does not tell us whether a particular efficacy is natural, prepared, celestial or medicinal. Those distinctions belong to the surrounding account. The related-looking Aniada has an expressly celestial sense, but that does not authorize importing all its meanings here. This entry names efficacy broadly; each use requires the particular effect and thing to be identified.

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Aniada. A term linking heavenly gifts, Christian sacraments and life-preserving celestial influence.

Qualitas. The balance of hot, cold, dry and moist qualities.

Arcanum. A hidden virtue in natural things, capable in this account of enhancement through art.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 4; facsimile PDF page 332 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Aniadus ; compare Aniada, Qualitas, Arcanum

See also. Aniada; Qualitas; Arcanum

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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.