# De lapidibus 21

Pseudo-Dioscorides, De lapidibus, ΠΕΡΙ ΑΙΘΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-dioscorides/de-lapidibus/21

Λίθος μαγνήτης εἴτε ἡρακλείας· Ἄφροι χαζαρμές· παραπλησίαν ἔχει δύναμιν τῷ αἱματίτῃ, ξηραντικὴν καὶ ῥυπτικὴν καὶ ἑλκτικήν, ψυχράν, καὶ ξηρὰν τῆς β’ τάξεως. Φασὶ δὲ χειραγροὺς ἢ ποδαγροὺς κρατοῦντας αὐτὴν ἀνοδύνως διάγειν. Βοηθεῖ δὲ καὶ σπασμοῖς. Ἄριστος δὲ ὁ τὸν σίδηρον εὐχερῶς ἕλκων, καὶ τὴν χρόαν κυανίζων· πυκνὸς δὲ καὶ οὐκ ἄγαν βαρύς· εὐεργεῖ δὲ εἰς ὅσα καὶ ἡ σκωρία τοῦ σιδήρου.

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Pseudo-Dioscorides, De lapidibus, ed. Fernand de Mély. 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/tlg1118.tlg003.local001/.