# De materia medica 75.3

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 75. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/75.3

3 δοκιμάζεται δέ, εἰ ἔστι φώκης, τὸν τρόπον τοῦτον· λαβὼν πιτύαν ζῴου τινός, μάλιστα δὲ ἀρνός, καὶ ἐπιχέας ὕδωρ ἔασον βραχὺν χρόνον, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐπίχει τὸ ἀπόβρεγμα κατὰ τῆς πιτύας τῆς φώκης· ἡ γὰρ ἀληθινὴ ἐξυδατοῦται ταχέως, ἡ δὲ μὴ τοιαύτη διαμένει ὁμοία. λαμβάνεται δὲ ἐκ τῆς φώκης πιτύα μηδέπω δυναμένων τῶν σκύμνων νήχεσθαι. κοινῶς δὲ πᾶσα πιτύα πήσσει μὲν τὰ διαλελυμένα, λύει δὲ τὰ συνεστῶτα.

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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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