# De diaeta 2.39

Hippocrates, De diaeta, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-diaeta/2.39

39. Σιτίων δὲ καὶ πομάτων δύναμιν ἑκάστων καὶ τὴν κατὰ φύσιν καὶ τὴν διὰ τέχνης ὧδε χρὴ γινώσκειν. Ὁκόσοι μὲν οὖν κατὰ παντὸς ἐπεχείρησαν εἰπεῖν περὶ τῶν γλυκέων ἢ λιπαρῶν ἢ ἁλυκῶν ἢ περὶ ἄλλου τινὸς τῶν τοιούτων τῆς δυνάμιος, οὐκ ὀρθῶς γινώσκουσιν· οὐ γὰρ τὴν αὐτὴν δύναμιν ἔχουσιν οὔτε τὰ γλυκέα ἀλλήλοισιν οὔτε τὰ λιπαρὰ οὔτε τῶν ἄλλων τῶν τοιούτων οὐδέν· πολλὰ γὰρ τῶν γλυκέων διαχωρέει καὶ ἵστησι καὶ ξηραίνει καὶ ὑγραίνει. Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων· ἐστὶ δὲ ὅσα στύφει καὶ διαχωρέεται καὶ οὐρέεται, τὰ δὲ οὐδέτερα τούτων. Ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῶν θερμαντικῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπάντων, ἄλλην ἄλλα δύναμιν ἔχει. Περὶ μὲν οὖν ἁπάντων οὐχ οἷόν τε δηλωθῆναι ὁκοῖά τινά ἐστι· καθ’ ἕκαστα δὲ ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει διδάξω.

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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.
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