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Note 19 — Suppetiarium[1] Mergularum

Arcadius Avellanus translation

↑ Oleaceum, -i, materies ita vocari potest ex oleo fossili, vulgo petroleo, sive oleo saxeo, elixata; est spiritus olei, gas enim est vulgaris forma Germanici vocabuli geist, Anglis ghost, quod spiramen, spiritum audit, vultque id dicere quod nos Latine “spiritum oleaceum” appellamus, aut uno verbo, oleaceum.

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