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has glosseng: Azoth was considered to be a universal medicine or universal solvent sought in alchemy (similar to other alchemical idealized substance, alkahest, that like azoth was the aim, goal and vision of many alchemical works it was to achieve). Its symbol was the Caduceus and so the term, which being originally a term for an occult formula sought by alchemists much like the philosophers stone, became a poetic word for the element mercury, the name being originally derived from Arabic al-zāūq "the mercury".
lexicalizationeng: Azoth
instance of(noun) a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English
loanword, loan
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German
has glossdeu: Azoth ist im Weltbild der Alchemisten die Vorstufe zum sagenhaften Stein der Weisen, beziehungsweise die von der Materie gelöste rein geistige Substanz, aus der man den Stein der Weisen auskristallisieren will.
lexicalizationdeu: Azoth
Modern Greek (1453-)
has glossell: Με το τετραγράμματο όνομα αζώθ αποκαλούσαν οι αλχημιστές τον υδράργυρο.
lexicalizationell: Αζώθ
French
has glossfra: Le terme de Lumière Astrale est une notion occulte ou magique qui remonte à Paracelse. Mais lorigine même de ce quenglobe ce terme semble commune à de nombreuses spiritualités de par le monde ! En effet pour la majeure partie des religions la Lumière est le symbole sacrée de la manifestation divine et de sa toute puissance effective ! On retrouve cette lumière en kabbale sous le nom de lAour, qui donnera lAur latin et ensuite notre Or, l'Or étant le symbole parfait de la Lumière astrale équilibrée, puissance solaire par excellence !
lexicalizationfra: Lumiere Astrale
lexicalizationfra: Lumière Astrale
Latin
has glosslat: Azoth, azoch, azoc (indecl. n.) vel azothum (-i, n.) (a nomine Arabico az-zāʾūq, a Persico ژیوک žīwak (hodie ژیوه žīwah vel ǧīwah), i.e. "vivum", sc. "argentum vivum") in alchemia elementum hydrargyrum notat.
lexicalizationlat: Azoth
Portuguese
lexicalizationpor: Azoto
Media
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media:imgAzoth-Sixth woodcut.jpg
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