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Wood, rot and worm damage

ligna; ligni; lignum; cariosa; caesa; cariosus

The wood paragraph claims preservation against rot and worm-eating across buildings, bridges and ships, irrespective of exposure, season or time of cutting.

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Nine Books on the Nature of Things

Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026

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Meaning

The wood paragraph claims preservation against rot and worm-eating across buildings, bridges and ships, irrespective of exposure, season or time of cutting. Cariosus describes a damaged condition distinct from the general verb for putrefying. The unusually expansive list of circumstances intensifies the preservative claim. Its claim extends far beyond the ordinary observation that some treated wood may last longer.

Places to read

  1. Book 3 · Preservation · Passage 13Latin“ne cariosa fiant”