# Fragmenta 12

Philoxenus of Alexandria, Fragmenta, Fragment 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philoxenus-of-alexandria/fragmenta/12

νέπως ὁ νέος παῖς ἐξ Ἑλληνικῆς ἐτυμολογίας ὁ ἔγγονος λέγεται, ὡς καλῶς ὁ Φιλόξενος εἶπεν· nepos δὲ καὶ ὁ ἄσωτος, ὅπερ καὶ αὐτὸ τροπικῶς. καὶ κατὰ θεωρίαν τάχα τοῖς Ἕλλησι παραχωρητέον, ὅτι τὸν σκορπίον οἱ Ῥωμαῖοι πατρίως νέπαν καλοῦσιν οἱονεὶ ἄποδα κατὰ στέρησιν (τὴν γὰρ ne συλλαβὴν στερητικῷ τρόπῳ λαμβάνουσι Ῥωμαῖοι, ὥσπερ Ἕλληνες νήλιπος νήχυτος νήγρετος νήδυμος) ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν συμβαίνοντος τῷ θηρίῳ.

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Philoxenus of Alexandria, Fragmenta. 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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