# De materia medica 105.106.1

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 105, Chapter 106, Section 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/105.106.1

106 ὁ δὲ Αἰγύπτιος κύαμος, ὅν ἐνιοι Ποντικὸν καλοῦσι, πλεῖστος ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ γεννᾶται, καὶ ἐν Ἀσίᾳ δὲ καὶ ἐν Κιλικίᾳ. ἐν ταῖς λίμναις εὑρίσκεται. ἔχει δὲ φύλλον μέγα ὡς πέτασον, καυλὸν δὲ πηχυαῖον, δακτύλου πάχος, ἄνθος δὲ ῥοδόχρουν, διπλάσιον μήκωνος, ὅπερ ἐξανθῆσαν φέρει σφηκιᾷ παραπλήσιον θυλακίσκον, ἐν ᾧ κύαμος μικρὸν ὑπεραίρων τὸ πῶμα ὡς πομφόλυξ. καλεῖται δὲ κιβώριον ἢ κιβώτιον διὰ τὸ τὴν φυτείαν τούτου γίνεσθαι ἐν ἰκμοβώλῳ ἐντιθεμένου οὕτω τε εἰς τὸ ὕδωρ ἀφιεμένου.

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Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ed. Max Wellmann. 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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