# De diaeta 1.31

Hippocrates, De diaeta, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-diaeta/1.31

31. Ἐπίγονα δὲ τῷδε τῷ τρόπῳ γίνεται· ὁκόταν αἵ τε μῆτραι θερμαὶ καὶ ξηραὶ φύσει ἔωσιν, ἥ τε γυνὴ τοιαύτη, τό τε σπέρμα ξηρὸν καὶ θερμὸν ἐμπέσῃ, οὐκ ἔτι γίνεται ἐν τῇσι μήτρῃσιν ὑγρασίη οὐδεμίη, ἥτις τὸ ἐπεισπῖπτον σπέρμα κρατήσει· διὰ τοῦτο ξυνίσταται ἐξ ἀρχῆς καὶ ζώει, διατελέειν δὲ οὐ δύναται, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ὑπάρχον προσδιαφθείρει, διότι οὐ ταὐτὰ ξυμφέρει ἀμφοῖν.

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Hippocrates, De diaeta, ed. Émile Littré. 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/tlg0627.tlg031.local001/.