Called: the transmitted title’s name

dicti; dictus

Dicti, “called,” links the historical title’s personal name with Paracelsus.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

Dicti, “called,” links the historical title’s personal name with Paracelsus. It is a grammatical designation inside the transmitted title, not independent evidence that the entire compilation was written by the named person. The title’s form should be preserved alongside the modern edition’s cautious attribution. This small word helps distinguish what the witness says about its name from what historical research can establish about authorship.

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  1. The Historical Title · Passage 1Latin“dicti Paracelsi”