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τὸ μὲν σχῆμα περιαγὲς ὡς ἁλιευτικοῦ κύρτου
καὶ πρόμηκες ἀπεργάζεται: τῇ 1 δ᾽ ἁρμονίᾳ καὶ πυκνότητι συμφράξασα τὰς ἀκάνθας 2 ἀκριβῶς ὑπέθηκε 3 τῷ [p. 281] κλύσματι τοῦ κύματος, ὡς 4 τυπτόμενον ἡσυχῆ καὶ πηγνύμενον
τὸ πίλημα τῆς ἐπιφανείας στεγανὸν γένηται: γίγνεται δὲ σιδήρῳ καὶ λίθῳ
δυσδιαίρετον. ὃ δ᾽ ἐστὶ θαυμασιώτερον, οὕτω τὸ στόμα τῆς νεοττιᾶς
συμμέτρως πέπλασται 5 πρὸς τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τὸ
μέτρον τῆς ἁλκυόνος, ὥστε μήτε μεῖζον ἄλλο μήτε μικρότερον ἐνδύεσθαι
ζῷον, ὡς δέ φασι, μηδὲ θάλατταν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1891. 3.
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