# De fracturis 12

Hippocrates, De fracturis, Section 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-fracturis/12

12. ἡ δὲ κνήμη δύο ὀστέα ἐστὶ, τῇ μὲν συχνῷ λεπτότερον τὸ ἕτερον τοῦ ἑτέρου, τῇ δὲ οὐ πολλῷ λεπτότερον· ξυνέχεται δὲ ἀλλήλοισι τὰ πρὸς τοῦ ποδὸς, καὶ ἐπίφυσιν κοινὴν ἔχει, ἐν ἰθυωρίῃ δὲ τῆς κνήμης οὐ ξυνέχεται· τὰ δὲ πρὸς τοῦ μηροῦ ξυνέχεται, και ἐπίφυσιν ἔχει, καὶ ἡ ἐπίφυσις διάφυσιν· μακρότερον δὲ τὸ ἕτερον ὀστέον σμικρῷ τὸ κατὰ τὸν σμικρὸν δάκτυλον· ἡ μὲν φύσις τοιαύτη τῶν ὀστέων τῶν ἐν τῇ κνήμῃ.

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Hippocrates, De fracturis, 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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