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πυκνότητι τοὔλαιον, ἀπολαμβάνει τὴν ὁμαλότητα
καὶ τὴν διαύγειαν;
διὰ τί χειμῶνος μᾶλλον ἢ θέρους τὰ τῶν ἁλιέων σήπεται
δίκτυα, καίτοι τὰ γ᾽ ἄλλα μᾶλλον ἐν τῷ θέρει τοῦτο πάσχει;
πότερον, ὡς Θεόφραστος οἴεται, τῷ ψυχρῷ τὸ θερμὸν ὑποχωροῦν ἀντιπεριίσταται καὶ θερμότερα
ποιεῖ τὰ ἐν βάθει τῆς θαλάττης, ὥσπερ τῆς γῆς: διὸ καὶ τὰ πηγαῖα τῶν ὑδάτων χλιαρώτερα τοῦ
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χειμῶνός ἐστι καὶ μᾶλλον ἀτμίζουσιν αἱ λίμναι καὶ
οἱ ποταμοί: κατακλείεται γὰρ εἰς βάθος ἡ θερμότης
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1893. 5.
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