# De genitura 16

Hippocrates, De genitura, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/de-genitura/16

16. Ὁκόταν δὲ γένηται σὰρξ, τότε οἱ ὑμένες, αὐξομένου τοῦ ὲν τῇσι μήτρῃσιν ἐνεόντος, αὔξονται καὶ αὐτοὶ καὶ κολποῦνται καὶ μάλιστα οἱ ἔξωθεν· καὶ τὸ αἷμα κατελθὸν ἀπὸ τῆς μητρὸς ὅ τι ἂν ἡ σὰρξ πνέουσα ἑλκύσῃ καὶ ἡ αὔξησις γένηται καὶ μὴ χρηστὸν ἔῃ, ἐς τοὺς κόλπους τῶν ὑμένων ἀποκρίνεται· καὶ ὁκόταν κολπωθέωσι καὶ τὸ αἷμα δέξωνται, τότε δὴ καλέεται χόριον. Ταῦτα δέ μοι ἐς τοῦτο εἴρηται.

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Hippocrates, De genitura, 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.tlg024.local003/.