# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 12.15

Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/12.15

Εἰ μὲν γὰρ τὸ θερμὸν ἀντὶ τῆς ποιότητος νοηθείη τε καὶ ληφθείη, οὐκ ἔστι· τὸ γὰρ πυρῶδες ἐκεῖνο θερμὸν οὐδαμῶς ἐστι τὸ κατὰ φύσιν θερμόν· εἰ δ᾽ ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑποκειμένου, καὶ μάλα· τὸ γὰρ ἐν τῷ ἑκτικῷ μεταβάλλον πυρετῷ, ποιόν, ἀλλ᾽ οὐ ποιότης ἐστί, καὶ τὸ τοιοῦτον οὐ θέρμη, θερμὸν δὲ λέγεται, οὐδ᾽ αὖ πυρετός, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον πυρέσσον· χρῶνται δ᾽ ὁμοίως οἱ ἰατροὶ ταῖς τοιαύταις τῶν λέξεων ἐστιν ὅτε, καὶ οὐκ ἄνευ ἴσως αἰτίας καὶ λόγου.

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Alexander of Aphrodisias, Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.], ed. Julius Ludwig Ideler. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0732.tlg003.local001/.