De Temperamentis (On Mixtures)
Kühn 1821
καὶ περὶ θερμοῦ καὶ ψυχροῦ χρὴ νοεῖν. οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν
ἄλλων σωμάτων ἀκριβῶς οὔτε θερμὸν οὔτε ψυχρόν ἐστιν,
ἀλλ’ ἢ τὰ στοιχεῖα μόνον. ὅ τι δ’ ἂν τῶν ἄλλων λάβῃς,
ἐκ τούτων κέκραται, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὸ δεύτερον σημαινόμενον
οὐκ ἔθ’ ἁπλῶς θερμὸν ἢ ψυχρὸν, ὡς ἄμικτόν τε καὶ
εἰλικρινὲς, ἀλλ’ ὡς ἤτοι πλέονος μὲν τοῦ θερμοῦ, τοῦ ψυχροῦ
δ’ ἐλάττονος, ἢ τοῦ μὲν ψυχροῦ πλέονος, ἐλάττονος
δὲ τοῦ θερμοῦ μετέχον, ἕκαστον τῶν ἄλλων ἢ θερμὸν ἢ
ψυχρὸν λέγεται. δύο μὲν δὴ ταῦτα σημαινόμενα τοῦ θερμοῦ
καὶ ψυχροῦ, καὶ ξηροῦ καὶ ὑγροῦ· τὸ μὲν, ἁπλῶς λεγόντων
ἡμῶν, ἄμικτόν τε καὶ εἰλικρινές· ἕτερον δὲ, μικτὸν
μὲν ἐκ τῶν ἐναντίων, ἀλλὰ τῷ τοῦ πλεονεκτοῦντος ὀνόματι
προσαγορευόμενον. οὕτως μὲν οὖν ὑγρὸν αἷμα, καὶ φλέγμα,
καὶ πιμελὴ, καὶ οἶνος, ἔλαιόν τε καὶ μέλι, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν
τοιούτων ἕκαστον λέγεται. ὀστᾶ δὲ καὶ χόνδροι, καὶ ὄνυχες,
καὶ ὁπλαὶ, καὶ κέρατα, καὶ τρίχες, καὶ λίθοι, καὶ
ξύλα, καὶ ψάμμος, καὶ κέραμος, ἐλάττονα μὲν ὑγροῦ μοῖραν
Work
Title: De Temperamentis
English: On Mixtures
Original: Περὶ κράσεων
Domains: Medicine
Text information
Type: Original
Bibliographic information
Publication type: Book
Author/Editor: Kühn, Karl Gottlob
Title: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Published: 1821
Series: Claudii Galeni Opera Omnia
Volume: 1
Pages: 509-694
Publisher: Cnobloch, Leipzig
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