Hippocrates: De Diaeta (Regimen)

τοῦ ψύχεος, καὶ τῷ πνεύματι ξηροτέρῳ χρῆται. Τὰ δὲ ἄγρια τῶν ἡμέρων ξηρότερα, καὶ τὰ ὠμοφάγα καὶ τὰ ὑλοφάγα καὶ τὰ ὀλιγοφάγα τῶν πουλυφάγων, καὶ τὰ χλωροφάγα τῶν ποηφάγων, καὶ τὰ καρποφάγα τῶν μὴ καρποφάγων, καὶ τὰ ὀλιγόποτα τῶν πουλυπότων, καὶ τὰ πολύαιμα τῶν ἀναίμων καὶ ὀλιγαίμων, καὶ τὰ ἀκμάζοντα μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ λίην παλαιὰ καὶ τὰ νέα, καὶ τὰ ἄρσενα τῶν θηλείων, καὶ τὰ ἔνορχα τῶν ἀνόρχων, καὶ τὰ μέλανα τῶν λευκῶν, καὶ τὰ δασέα τῶν ψιλῶν· τὰ δ’ ἐναντία ὑγρότερα. Αὐτῶν δὲ τῶν ζώων ἰσχυρόταται μὲν αἱ σάρκες αἱ μάλιστα πονέουσαι καὶ ἐναιμόταται καὶ ἐν ᾗσι κατακλίνεται, κουφόταται δὲ τῶν σαρκῶν αἱ ἥκιστα πονέουσαι καὶ ὀλιγαιμόταται, καὶ ἐκ τῆς σκιῆς, καὶ ὅσαι ἐσώταται τοῦ ζώου. Τῶν δὲ ἀναίμων ἐγκέφαλος καὶ μυελὸς ἰσχυρότατα· κουφότατα δὲ κεφαλαὶ, μύες, κτένες, πόδες. Τῶν δὲ ἰχθύων ξηρότατά ἐστι τὰ ἄνω, κουφότατα δὲ τὰ ὑπογάστρια, καὶ κεφαλαὶ ὑγρότεραι διὰ τὴν πιμελὴν καὶ τὸν ἐγκέφαλον.

50. Τὰ ὠὰ δὲ ὀρνίθων ἰσχυρὸν μέν τι ἔχουσι καὶ τρόφιμον καὶ φυσῶδες, ἰσχυρὸν μὲν, ὅτι γένεσίς ἐστι τοῦ ζώου, τρόφιμον δὲ