# De materia medica 20.1-3

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΤΕΤΑΡΤΟΣ., Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/20.1-3

20 ξιφίον· οἱ δὲ φασγάνιον, οἱ δὲ μαχαιρίωνα καλοῦσι διὰ τὸ τοῦ φύλλου σχῆμα· ἔοικε γὰρ ἴριδι, ἔλαττον ὂν καὶ στενώτερον, ἄποξυ ὡς μαχαίριον, ἰνῶδες· καυλὸν δὲ ἀνίησι πηχυαῖον, ἐφʼ οὗ ἄνθη πορφυρᾶ, στοιχηδὸν ἀπʼ ἀλλήλων διεστῶτα, καρπὸν δὲ στρογγύλον, ῥίζας δύο, τὴν μίαν τῆς ἑτέρας ἐπικαθημένην, ὥσπερ βολβία μικρά· τούτων ἡ μὲν κάτω ἰσχνή ἐστιν |, ἡ δὲ ἄνωθεν ἁδροτέρα· φύεται μάλιστα ἐν ἀρούραις.

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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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