# De victu attenuante 16

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/16

ἐπεὶ τοίνυν οὐδὲν εἶδος αὐτῶν ἐστιν ἅπασι γνώ- ριμον, ὅτι μηδὲ φύεται πανταχόθι πάντα, καθόλου χρὴ τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτῶν ἐκμαθόντα γνωρίσματα μήτ᾿ ὀνομάτων δεῖσθαι κατ’ εἴδη μήτε τῆς κατὰ μέρος αὐτῶν ἐξηγήσεως.

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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.
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