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τοῦ σίνοντος ἀναπίμπλησι προσχεομένη τοῖς ἀναιμοτάτοις
μέρεσι τῆς σαρκός, οἷα κνῆμαι καὶ πόδες, καὶ ἀμύσσει καὶ δάκνει τὴν ἐπιφάνειαν; ὅτι γὰρ φύσει τι δηκτικὸν ἔνεστι τῇ δρόσῳ, μαρτυρεῖ τὸ τοὺς πίονας ἰσχνοτέρους ποιεῖν: αἱ γοῦν πίονες γυναῖκες; ἱματίοις ἢ ἐρίοις ἁπαλοῖς ἀναλαμβάνουσαι τῆς δρόσου
δοκοῦσι συντήκειν τὴν πολυσαρκίαν.
διὰ τί τὰ πλοῖα χειμῶνος ἐν τοῖς ποταμοῖς πλεῖ βράδιον, ἐν
δὲ τῇ θαλάττῃ οὐ παραπλησίως;
πότερον ὁ ποτάμιος ἀὴρ ἀεὶ δυσκίνητος ὢν καὶ
βαρὺς ἐν δὲ χειμῶνι μᾶλλον παχυνόμενος διὰ τὴν
[p. 380]
περίψυξιν, ἐμποδών ἐστι τοῖς πλέουσιν : ἢ τοῦτο
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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