Cherio

Historical definition

Cherio is the hidden accidental virtue of the external elements, rather than qualities such as heat, cold and the like.

Meaning

The definition makes an explicit contrast. Cherio is not simply heat, cold or another such quality; it belongs to a hidden virtue associated with the external elements. “Accidental” is retained as part of the historical philosophical vocabulary and should not be read casually as merely a mistake or chance occurrence.

Qualitas supplies the dictionary’s account of heat, cold, dryness and moisture through elemental predominance. Comparing the entries makes the exclusion concrete. Arcanum offers a related discussion of hidden virtue, but Cherio has its own elemental qualification. The link should clarify the conceptual field without erasing the distinction.