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Diotimos Library · Esotericism & Spirituality Collection · English Edition

Gerhard Dorn and John French

A Chymical Dictionary

An Expanded Diotimos Lexicon of Paracelsian and Alchemical Language

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Pionitides

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At a Glance

The word. Pairs understood as natural enemies.

In the book. The relation belongs to a natural vocabulary of affinity and opposition.

A place to read. The historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366.

Historical Definition

Pionitides are natural enemies that pursue one another to death, such as the stork and frogs.

Meaning

The definition identifies a relation between creatures. The example supplies the stork and frogs; pursuit to death gives the force of the stated enmity. The word is not a name for either creature alone.

Use in the Book

The relation belongs to a natural vocabulary of affinity and opposition. The sentence itself does not identify an occult cause or give a complete account of predation.

In This Edition

The historical example is retained at its stated level. The plural form can guide a search for the pair or class described in another passage.

Historical source: 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 38; facsimile PDF page 366 — Facsimile

Sources. A Chymicall Dictionary (1650), s.v. Pionitides; 1650 facsimile PDF p. 366

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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.