# De victu attenuante 17

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/17

εἰ μὲν δὴ κατὰ τὴν γεῦσιν ἡ τὴν ὀσμὴν ἢ καὶ ἀμφοτέρας τὰς αἰσθήσεις δριμύ <τι> καὶ δάκνον καὶ θερμὸν φαίνοιτο, τμητικὴν καὶ λεπτύνουσαν ἔλπιζε τὴν δύναμιν ὑπάρχειν αὐτῷ· κατὰ ταὐτὰ δὲ κἂν εὐωδίαν τινὰ κατὰ τὴν ὀσμὴν ἔχον ἀρώματος ἐμποιῇ τῇ γεύσει φαντασίαν, ἀνάγκη καὶ τοῦτο θερμὸν μὲν εἷναι τὴν δύναμιν, ἀλλ’ ἧττον τῶν δακνόντων τε καὶ διαβιβρωσκόντων καὶ θερμαινόντων ἐπιφανῶς.

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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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