# De venenatis animalibus eorumque remediis 1-24

Philumenus, De venenatis animalibus eorumque remediis, κϛ περὶ κεγχρίνου τοῦ καὶ ἀκοντίου.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/philumenus/de-venenatis-animalibus-eorumque-remediis/1-24

1 ὁ κεγχρίνηϲ ὄφιϲ κατὰ μὲγεθόϲ ἐϲτι πηχῶν β, ϲχήματι δὲ ἀπὸ πάχουϲ ἐπὶ λεπτὸν ἠγμένοϲ, κατὰ δὲ χρόαν χλωρὸϲ καὶ μάλιϲτα κατὰ τὴν κοιλίαν, ὡϲ κέγχρῳ κατὰ τὸ χρῶμα ὁμοιοῦϲθαι, διὸ 〈καὶ〉 κεγχρίαν αὐτόν τινεϲ ὠνόμαϲαν. ἄλλοι δἐ φαϲιν μὴ κατὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸν κεγχρίαν λέγεϲθαι, ἀλλ’ ὅτι μάλιϲτα ἑαυτοῦ ἀλκιμώτεροϲ γίνεται, ὅταν ἡ κέγχροι. θάλλῃ. ἐν δὲ τῷ ἀμύνεϲθαι ἀκοντίζων ἑαυτὸν προϲέρχεται καὶ οὕτω πλήττει, ἔνθεν καὶ ὠνόμαϲται ἀκοντίαϲ.

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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/.