# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.15.12

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.15.12

[ιβ΄. Περὶ ὀποῦ.] Ὀπὸς, ὁ μὲν Κυρηναῖος ἁπάντων ἐστὶ θερμότατός τε καὶ λεπτομερέστατος καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καὶ διαφορητικώτατος. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἄλλοι θερμοί τ’ εἰσὶν ἱκανῶς καὶ πνευματώδεις. τὸ πλεῖστον γὰρ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀερώδους τε καὶ πυρώδους οὐσίας ἐστὶν. εἰσὶ δὲ πάμπολλοι μὲν ὀποί. ῥίζης γὰρ ἡστινοσοῦν ἢ καυλοῦ τμηθέντος τὸ ῥέον ἐκ τῆς τομῆς παχὺ καὶ γλίσχρον ὀπός ἐστιν. εἰδικώτερον δὲ οἷον καθ’ ὑπεροχήν τινα τὸν Κυρηναῖον οὕτως ὀνομάζουσιν καὶ τὸν Μηδικὸν καὶ τὸν Συριακόν.

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Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, ed. Karl Gottlob Kühn. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0057.tlg075.local001/.