- The
Pygmies (Gr****: Πυγμαῖοι Pygmaioi, from the
adjective πυγμαῖος, from the noun πυγμή pygmē "fist, boxing,
distance from
elbow to knuckles," from the...
-
Oxford English Dictionary (OED).
Paracelsus uses
Gnomi as a
synonym of
Pygmæi and
classifies them as
earth elementals. He
describes them as two spans...
- Salamanders, and on the
Other Spirits (Latin: Ex
Libro de Nymphis, Sylvanis,
Pygmaeis,
Salamandris et Gigantibus, etc) is a
treatise by the
Swiss lay theologian...
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refer to
diminutive people,
derives from Gr**** πυγμαῖος
pygmaios via
Latin Pygmaei (sing. Pygmaeus),
derived from πυγμή –
meaning a
short forearm cubit, or...
-
Theophrast von
Hohenheim a.k.a.
Paracelsus (1933). "Liber de nymphis, sylphis,
pygmaeis, et
salamandris et de
caeteris spiritibus". In Sudhoff, Karl; Matthießen...
- Lumley. pp. 250–252. Dinzelbacher,
Peter (2010). "Der
Liber de nymphis,
pygmaeis et salamandris, et de
caeteris spiritibus". In classen,
Albrecht (ed.)...
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Haemorhous purpureus purpureus –
purpurea –
purpureum pygmaeus L, from the
Pygmaeī pygmy,
dwarf Bornean orangutan,
Pongo pygmaeus;
pygmy three-toed sloth...
- and Salamanders, and on the
Other Spirits" (Liber de Nymphis, sylphis,
pygmaeis et
salamandris et de
caeteris spiritibus). The word
inanimatum designates...
- people,
derives from Gr**** πυγμαῖος
pygmaios (via
Latin Pygmaeus,
plural Pygmaei), a term for "dwarf" from Gr**** mythology. The word is
derived from πυγμή...
- Paracelsus, Sämtliche Werke: Abt. 1, v. 14, sec. 7,
Liber de nymphis, sylphis,
pygmaeis et
salamandris et de
caeteris spiritibus. Karl
Sudhoff and Wilh. Matthießen...
