# De materia medica 94

Dioscurides Pedianus, De materia medica, ΛΟΓΟΣ ΔΕΥΤΕΡΟΣ, Chapter 94. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/dioscurides-pedianus/de-materia-medica/94

94 βρόμος κάλαμός ἐστι πυροῖς ὅμοιος καὶ τοῖς φύλλοις, γόνασιν ἐνδιειλημμένος, καρπὸν δὲ ἔχει ἐπʼ ἄκρῳ ὥσπερ ἀκρίδια δίκωλα, ἐν οἷς τὸ σπέρμα χρησιμεῦον εἰς καταπλάσματα ὡς ἡ κριθή· καὶ πόλτος δὲ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γίνεται σταλτικὸς κοιλίας. ὁ δὲ ἐξ αὐτοῦ χυλὸς ῥοφούμενος βήσσουσιν ἁρμόζει.

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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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