# Scholia in Nicandri Alexipharmaca (scholia vetera et recentiora) 537

Scholia in Nicandrum, Scholia in Nicandri Alexipharmaca (scholia vetera et recentiora), Section 537. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/scholia-in-nicandrum/scholia-in-nicandri-alexipharmaca-scholia-vetera-et-recentiora/537

Λιπορρίνοιο· καὶ γὰρ ἡ σαλαμάνδρα ζῷόν ἐστι τετράπουν, μικρὸν ὡς ἡ σαύρα, τῷ χερσαίῳ κροκοδείλῳ ἐοικὸς, φυχρὸν δὲ τῇ φύσει· διὸ καὶ τὸ πῦρ σβεννύει· οὔτε δέρμα ἔχει, οὔτε λεπίδα, ὅθεν καὶ λιπόρρινον αὐτὸν ἔφη· ῥινὸς γὰρ τὸ δέρμα· ἢ διότι λίπος ἀφίησιν ἀπὸ τοῦ δέρματος· γλίσχρος γάρ ἐστὶ καὶ λιπώδης, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος ὑγρασία ῥεῖν εἴωθεν, ἥτις τὸ πῦρ σβεννύει. Ἄλλως· ἡ σαλαμάνδρα εἶδος ἀσκαλαβώτου, Ἀνδρέας δέ φησιν· κἂν τῷ αἵματι αὐτῆς ἢ χεῖρα ἢ ἐσθῆτα χρίσῃς, ἀβλαβὴς ἔσται ἐκ πυρός. Δυσάλυκτον δ’ ἀντὶ τοῦ δύσφευκτον.

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Scholia in Nicandrum, Scholia in Nicandri Alexipharmaca (scholia vetera et recentiora), ed. Otto Schneider. 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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