# De materia medica 72.3

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 72. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/72.3

συνάγεται δὲ καὶ λιγνὺς ἐκ τοῦ βουτύρου τὸν τρόπον 3 τοῦτον εἰς λύχνον καινὸν ἐγχέας τὸ βούτυρον ἅψον καὶ πωμάσας ἀγγείῳ κεραμεῷ, σωληνοειδεῖ κατὰ τὰ ἄνωθεν, τρήματα δὲ ἐκ τῶν ὑπὸ πόδας ἔχοντι, ὥσπερ οἱ κλίβανοι, ἔα καίεσθαι. ὅταν δὲ ἀναλωθῇ τὸ πρῶτον βούτυρον, ἄλλο ἐπίχει καὶ ποίει τὸ αὐτό, ἕως ἂν ὅσον πλῆθος βούλει αἰθαλώσῃς, εἶτα ἀπόσυρε πτερῳ καὶ χρῶ. δύναμιν δὲ ἔχει εἰς τὰ ὀφθαλμικὰ ξηραίνειν καὶ ὑποστύφειν· ἐφίστησι δὲ τὰ ῥεύματα καὶ τὰ ἕλκη ταχέως ἀναπληροῖ καὶ ἀπουλοῖ.

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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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