# Physiognomonica 72

Pseudo-Polemon, Physiognomonica, Section 72. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-polemon/physiognomonica/72

Λάγνου σημεῖα· λευκόχρως, δασὺς τῇ ὑπήνῃ, εὐθείας καὶ παχείας τὰς τρίχας ἔχων, λιπαρὸν τὸ ὄμμα καὶ μάργον, σκέλη λεπτὰ καὶ νευρώδη καὶ ὅλως ὀρνιθώδη, δασύτης σκε- λῶν, γαστρὸς καὶ ὀμμάτων λιπαρότης, καὶ τὸ ἀνεσπάσθαι τὸ γένειον πρὸς τὴν ῥῖνα καὶ περιφέρειαν κοίλην ἔχειν τὸν τόπον τὸν [ p. 31] μεταξὺ τῆς ῥινὸς καὶ τοῦ γενείου, οἷον εἶχε Σωκράτης ὁ καλός. καὶ οἷς ὑγροὶ οἱ ὀφθαλμοί, οἱ τοιοῦτοι λάγνοι καὶ οἷς ἡ φλὲψ ἐν τῷ βραχίονι, καὶ οἱ ῥικνοὶ τὰς κνήμας.

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Pseudo-Polemon, Physiognomonica, ed. Richard Foerster. 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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