# Prorrheticon I 2.39

Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, Book 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippocrates/prorrheticon-i/2.39

39. Οἷσι μὲν τῷ μὴ δύνασθαι κινέειν λεπτύνεται τὸ νενοσηκὸς τοῦ σώματος, οὗτοι ἀδύνατοι εἰς τωὐτὸ καθίστασθαι· οἷσι δὲ ξυντήξιες μὴ ἐπιγίνονται, οὗτοι δὴ ἔσονται ὑγιέες. Περὶ δὲ τοῦ χρόνου ὁπότε ἔσονται, προλέγειν ἔς τε τὴν ἰσχὺν τοῦ νοσήματος ὁρῶντα, καὶ ἐς τὸν χρόνον, καὶ ἐς τὴν ἡλικίην τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, καὶ ἐς τὴν ὤρην, εἰδὼς ὅτι τὰ παλαιότατα τῶν νοσημάτων καὶ τὰ κάκιστα καὶ κυλινδούμενα βαρύτατα ὑπακούει, καὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖσι γεραιτάτοισι τῶν σωμάτων· ἔστι δὲ καὶ τὸ φθινόπωρόν τε καὶ ὁ χειμὼν τοῦ ἦρός τε καὶ τοῦ θέρεος ἀνεπιτηδειότερος ταῦτα τὰ νοσήματα ἀφιέναι.

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Hippocrates, Prorrheticon I, 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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