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καὶ πνεύματι μεμιγμένον ὁδηγεῖται τε καὶ ἀναπέμπεται
ταχέως εἰς τὸ φυτὸν ὑπὸ λεπτότητος, διὸ καὶ πομφόλυγας ποιεῖ τῇ ἀναμίξει τοῦ ἀέρος: ἢ τρέφει μὲν μάλιστα κρατούμενον ὑπὸ τοῦ τρεφομένου
῾ τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι πέψις: ἀπεψία δὲ τοὐναντίον, ὅταν ἰσχυρότερα τοῦ παθεῖν καὶ μεταβάλλον τὰ λεπτὰ καὶ ἁπλᾶ καὶ ἄχυμα μᾶλλον, οἷόν ἐστι τὸ ὄμβριον ὕδωρ; γεννώμενον γὰρ ἐν ἀέρι καὶ πνεύματι καθαρὸν καὶ ἀμιγὲς κάτεισι: τὰ δὲ πηγαῖα καὶ
τῇ γῇ καὶ τοῖς τόποις ὁμοιούμενα, δι᾽ ὧν ἔξεισι, πολλῶν ἀναπίμπλαται ποιοτήτων, δι᾽ ἃς ἧττόν ἐστιν εὔτρεπτα καὶ βράδιον αὑτὰ παρέχει τῇ πέψει μεταβάλλειν
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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