# De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI 8.18.1

Galen, De simplicium medicamentorum temperamentis ac facultatibus I-VI, Book 8, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-simplicium-medicamentorum-temperamentis-ac-facultatibus-i-vi/8.18.1

[α΄. Περὶ σαγαπηνοῦ.] Σαγαπηνὸν ὀπός ἐστι θερμὸς καὶ λεπτομερὴς, ὡσαύτως τοῖς ἄλλοις ὀποῖς. ἔχει δέ τι καὶ ῥυπτικὸν, ᾧ καὶ τὰς ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς οὐλὰς ἀποκαθαίρει τε καὶ λεπτύνει. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑποχύσεσι καὶ ἀμβλυωπίαις ταῖς διὰ πάχος ὑγρῶν γινομέναις ἀγαθόν ἐστι φάρμακον. αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ φυτὸν ἐξ οὗ γίνεται νάρθηκι παραπλήσιον ὑπάρχον ἀσθενές τε καὶ ἄχρηστόν ἐστιν, ὀνομάζεται δὲ δηλονότι πρότερον ἐκεῖνο σαγαπηνόν. ὁ γὰρ ὀπὸς αὐτοῦ καταχρωμένοις οὕτω προσαγορεύεται, καθάπερ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ δι’ ἐλλιποῦς λέξεως ὀνομάζομεν ἐκ καταχρήσεως. τελεώτερον γὰρ ἦν λέγειν αὐτὸν οὐ σαγαπηνὸν, ἀλλ’ ὀπὸν σαγαπηνοῦ.

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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.
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