# Περὶ Πυρετῶν [Sp.] 12.16

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/alexander-of-aphrodisias/sp/12.16

Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐν τῷ μεταξὺ τῆς τοιαύτης ἀλλοιώσεως ἄπειρα δήπου τὰ εἴδη, καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς φυσικοῖς δέδεικται, μὴ τυχόντα ὀνόματος, ἔδει τὸν ἰατρόν, περὶ ἐκείνων λόγον ποιούμενον, τῷ τοῦ ἄκρου, πρὸς ὅπερ ἡ κίνησις, ὀνόματι ταῦτα καλεῖν, περὶ παντὸς ἁπλῶς λέγοντα πυρετοῦ, ὅτι τὸ κατὰ φύσιν θερμόν ἐστι πρὸς τὸ πυρῶδες μεταβάλλον. Ἀληθεύει δὲ μᾶλλον, εἴτις ἐθέλοι λέγειν τὸ τοιοῦτον περὶ τοῦ ἑκτικοῦ, καθάπερ εἴρηται,

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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.
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