# De victu attenuante 43

Galen, De victu attenuante, Section 43. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/de-victu-attenuante/43

ἔστι δὲ τὸ σπέρμα πτισθῆναι μὲν δεόμενον ὥσπερ ἡ κριθὴ καὶ ἡ ὄλυρα καὶ ὁ βρόμος, ἐπειδὰν δὲ γυμνωθῇ, πολὺ καὶ πυροῦ καὶ κριθῆς καὶ ὀλύρας ἰσχνότερόν τε καὶ μικρότερον γίνεται· ἔστι δὲ καὶ ξανθὸν ὁμοίως τοῖς πυροῖς, οὐχ ὥσπερ ἡ κριθὴ λευκόν.

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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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