# Περὶ παθῶν 437.499a

Aelius Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, Paragraph 437. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aelius-herodianus/text-15/437.499a

499a. II. Pr. Θ 240. ὁ Ἀϲκαλωνίτηϲ λέγει τὸ δῆμοϲ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ πλήθουϲ παρὰ τὸ δέμαϲ γεγενῆϲθαι οἱονεὶ ϲῶμά τι τυγχάνον ἢ παρὰ τὸν δαϲμόν. δύναιτο δ’ ἄν τιϲ καὶ ἄλλωϲ ἐτυμολογεῖν, εἰ παρὰ τὸ δέω γένοιτο δέεμοϲ καὶ ἐν ϲυναλοιφῇ δῆμοϲ, τὸ ϲυνδεδεμένον πλῆθοϲ. τὸ γὰρ ἐναντίον λύη ἀπὸ τῆϲ διαλύϲεωϲ. τρεερόϲ κατὰ ϲυναλοιφὴν τρηρόϲ καὶ παρώνυμον τρήρων ὡϲ ἁβρόϲ Ἄβρων.

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Herodianus, Περὶ παθῶν, ed. August Lentz. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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