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‘ οἰκείαις γυναιξί. τὸ δὲ πάντων ἀπιστότατον 1, ἔλαθε κυοῦσα λουομένη μετὰ τῶν γυναικῶν: τὸ γὰρ φάρμακον, ᾧ τὴν κόμην αἱ γυναῖκες ἐναλειφόμεναι 2 ποιοῦσι χρυσοειδῆ καὶ πυρράν 3, ἔχει λίπασμα σαρκοποιὸν ἢ χαυνωτικὸν σαρκός, ὥσθ᾽ οἷον διάχυσὶν τινα ἢ διόγκωσιν ἐμποιεῖν: ἀφθόνῳ δὴ χρωμένη τούτῳ πρὸς τὰ λοιπὰ μέρη τοῦ σώματος, αἰρόμενον καὶ ἀναπιμπλάμενον ἀπέκρυπτε τὸν τῆς γαστρὸς ὄγκον. τὰς δ᾽ ὠδῖνας αὐτὴ καθ᾽ ἑαυτὴν διήνεγκεν, ὥσπερ ἐν φωλεῷ λέαινα καταδῦσα πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα, καὶ τοὺς γενομένους ὑπεθρέψατο σκύμνους ἄρρενας: ’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.
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