# De victu attenuante 10

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/10

μαλάχη δὲ καὶ βλίτα καὶ ἀτράφαξις, εἰ καὶ ταῖς ἰδέαις ἐγγυτάτω τῶν τεύτλων εἰσίν, ἀλλὰ τήν γε δύναμιν οὐκ ἐγγύς· ὑδατώδη τε γάρ ἐστι καὶ ἀμβλέα καὶ δριμείας δυνάμεως ἤκιστα μετέχοντα παραπλησίως κολοκύνθαις τε καὶ σικύοις πέποσί τε καὶ μηλοπέποσι καὶ κοκκυμήλοις.

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Galen, De victu attenuante, ed. Karl Kalbfleisch. 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.tlg019.local002/.