# De materia medica 76.5

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 76. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/76.5

5 τὸ δὲ τρίτον χμωρὶς ὕδατος τήξας εἰς νενοτισμένην θυίον ἀπήθησον καὶ ψυγὲν ἀποτίθεσο, ὡς ἐλέγετο ἐπὶ τοῦ ὑείου. καὶ τοῦ βοείου δὲ στέατος ἐξυμενιστέον τὸ νεφριαῖον καὶ θαλάττῃ πελαγίᾳ πλυτέον, εἶτα εἰς ὅλμον ἐμβλητέον καὶ κοπτέον ἐπιμελῶς, ἐπιρραινομένης τῆς θαλάττης. ὅταν δὲ διαλυθῇ ἅπαν, εἰσβλητέον αὐτὸ εἰς χύτραν κεραμεᾶν καὶ θάλασσαν ἐπιχυτέον, ὡς ὑπερέχειν μὴ ἦττον σπιθαμῆς, ἑψητέον τε, ἄχρι

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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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