# De materia medica 4.2-2

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/4.2-2

2 γίνεται δὲ καὶ ἄσβεστος ἐξ αὐιῶν, ὡς ὑποδείξομεν ἐν τῷ περὶ ἀσβέστου λόγῳ (V 132). κιόνια δὲ καλεῖται τὰ ἐπὶ τῶν πορφυρῶν καὶ κηρύκων μέσα, περὶ ἃ ἡ ἕλιξ ἐστὶ τοῦ ὀστράκου. καίεται δὲ ὁμοίως, δύναμιν ἔχοντα καυστικωτέραν τῶν κηρύκων καὶ τῆς πορφύρας διὰ τὸ ἐπιπιέζειν αὐτῶν τὴν φύσιν. αἱ δὲ σάρκες τῶν κηρύκων εὔστομοι καὶ εὐστόμαχοι, κοιλίαν δὲ οὐ μαλάσσουσιν.

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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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