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A Chymical Dictionary
Gerhard Dorn and John French · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordA sign understood as pointing towards a future event.
- In the bookEssodinum is more specific about presaging by marks; Evestrum names a prophetic spirit associated with signs or something preceding an event.
- A place to readThe historical definition below, 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349.
Historical definition
Erodinium is the sign of something to come.
Meaning
The entry names a sign without specifying its medium or the event it foretells. Its meaning lies in the relation between a present indication and something expected to follow, rather than in a particular art of interpretation.
Use in the book
Essodinum is more specific about presaging by marks; Evestrum names a prophetic spirit associated with signs or something preceding an event. Comparing the entries separates a sign, an interpretation of marks and a supposed sign-bearing agency. Erodinium itself supplies only the general future-directed relation.
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Source note
Historical source. 1650 dictionary, unnumbered definition page 21; facsimile PDF page 349 — Facsimile