# De materia medica 7.1

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΠΕΔΑΝΙΟΥ ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ ΑΝΑΖΑΡΒΕΩΣ ΠΕΡΙ ΥΛΗΣ ΙΑΤΡΙΚΗΣ ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΩΤΟΣ, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/7.1

7 νάρδου ἐστὶ γένη δύο· ἡ μὲν γάρ τις καλεῖται Ἰνδικὴ ἡ δὲ Συριακή, οὐχ ὅτι ἐν Συρίᾳ εὑρίσκεται, ἀλλ᾿ ὅτι τοῦ ὄρους ἐν ᾧ γεννᾶται τὸ μὲν πρὸς Συρίαν τέτραπται τὸ δὲ πρὸς Ἰνδούς. καὶ τῆς λεγομένης Συριακῆς ἐστι βελτίων ἡ πρόσφατος καὶ κούφη, πολύκομος, ξανθὴ τὴν χρόαν, εὐώδης ἄγαν καὶ μετὰ τοῦ κυπερίζειν ἐν τῇ ὀσμῇ μικρὸν ἔχουσα τὸν στάχυν, πικρὰ τὴν γεῦσιν καὶ τῆς γλώττης ἀναξηραντικὴ ἐπιμένουσά τε τῇ εὐωδίᾳ ἐφ᾿ ἱκανόν.

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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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