# De venenatis animalibus eorumque remediis 1-16

Philumenus, De venenatis animalibus eorumque remediis, ιη κεράϲτηϲ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philumenus/de-venenatis-animalibus-eorumque-remediis/1-16

ὁ δὲ κεράϲτηϲ, καθὼϲ οἱ θηριακοὶ ἱϲτοροῦϲιν, μέγεθοϲ ἔχει πήχεοϲ 1 ἑνόϲ, ὁ δὲ μείζων πηχῶν δύο, τῷ δὲ χρώματί ἐϲτι ψαμμώδηϲ, λελεπτιϲμένοϲ κατὰ τὴν οὐράν. ἀποφύϲειϲ δὲ ἔχει ἐπὶ τῆϲ κεφαλῆϲ δύο, ὡϲ ὁμοιοῦϲθαι κέραϲιν, ἀφ’ ὧν δὴ καὶ κεράϲτηϲ ἐκλήθη. τὰ δὲ κατὰ τὴν κοιλίαν μέρη πεφολίδωται ϲτοιχηδόν, ὅθεν ἐν τῷ ἕρπειν ἦχον ἀποτελεῖ ϲυριγμῷ ὅμοιον ἐκ τῆϲ ἀντερείϲεωϲ τῆϲ πρὸϲ τὴν ἄμμον· πλαγίωϲ δὲ καὶ οὐκ ἐπ’ εὐθείαϲ ἕρπει.

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Philumenus, De venenatis animalibus eorumque remediis, ed. Max Wellmann. 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/tlg0671.tlg001.local001/.