# In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I 1.1.5

Galen, In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I, Book 1, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/galen/in-hippocratis-epidemiarum-i/1.1.5

Αὐχμοί. Τὴν ξηροτέραν τοῦ προσήκοντος κατάστασιν αὐχμὸν ὠνόμασεν οὐ πάνυ τι συνήθως. εἰώθαμεν γὰρ οὐ τὴν ἁπλῶς ξηροτέραν, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἄκρως ξηρὰν ὀνομάζειν οὕτως. ἀμήχανον δέ ἐστι καὶ ἄπιστον εἰς τοσοῦτον γενέσθαι τὸν χειμῶνα ξηρὸν, ὡς αὐχμηρὰν ἀπεργάζεσθαι τὴν γῆν ὥσπερ ἐν θέρει. οὐ γὰρ ἐν ἦρι τοιαύτη γίνεται κατάστασις, ᾗ νῦν ὅμοιον γεγονέναι φησὶ τὸν χειμῶνα τὸ σύνολον.

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Galen, In Hippocratis Epidemiarum I, 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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