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‘τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον ῾ib. p. 548a 22' 'γίνεται τοῖς ὀστρακοδέρμοις καὶ τὰ μὴ ἔχοντα ὄστρακα, καθάπερ αἵ τε κνίδαι καὶ οἱ σπόγγοι ἐν ταῖς σήραγξι τῶν πετρῶν. ἐστὶ δὲ τῶν κνιδῶν δύο γένη: αἱ μὲν γὰρ ἐν τοῖς κοίλοις οὐκ ἀπολύονται τῶν πετρῶν, αἱ δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς λείοις καὶ πλαταμώδεσιν ἀπολυόμεναι μεταχωροῦσι.' τὰς δὲ κνίδας ὁ Εὔπολις ἐν Αὐτολύκῳ ῾I 272 K' 'ἀκαλήφας ὀνομάζει ἔτι τε Ἀριστοφάνης ἐν Φοινίσσαις οὕτως ῾ib. p. 534':'
ἔχε τὸν πρῶτον πάντων
ἴφυα φῦναι
εἶθ᾽ ἑξῆς τὰς κραναὰς ἀκαλήφας.
καὶ ἐν Σφηξί ῾884'.' Φερεκράτης δ᾽ ἐν Αὐτομόλοις ῾I 152 K':'
κἂν ἀκαλήφαις τὸν ἴσον χρόνον ἐστεφανῶσθαι.
Δίφιλος δ᾽ ὁ Σίφνιος ἰατρὸς ‘ἡ δὲ ἀκαλήφη, φησίν, ἐστὶν εὐκοίλιος, οὐρητική, εὐστόμαχος: κνησμὸν δὲ ποιεῖ τοῖς συνάγουσιν, ἐπειδὰν μὴ προαλείψωνται.' ὄντως γὰρ ἀνιᾷ τοὺς θηρεύοντας αὐτήν: ὑφ᾽ ὧν κατὰ παραφθορὰν νῦν ἀκαλήφη ὀνομάζεται: τάχα δὲ ἴσως διὰ ταύτην καὶ ἡ βοτάνη. κατ᾽ εὐφημισμὸν γὰρ τῆς ἀντιφράσεως ὠνόμασται: οὐ γὰρ πραεῖά ἐστιν καὶ ἀκαλὴ τῇ ἁφῇ, τραχεῖα δὲ καὶ ἀηδής. τῆς μέντοι θαλασσίας ἀκαλήφης μνημονεύει καὶ Φιλιππίδης ἐν Ἀμφιαράῳ οὕτως ῾IV 468 M':'
ὄστρε᾽, ἀκαλήφας, λεπάδας .. παρέθηκέ μοι.
τὸ δ᾽ ἐν Λυσιστράτῃ Ἀριστοφάνους πέπαικται ῾549':'
ἀλλ᾽ ὦ τηθῶν ἀνδρειοτάτη καὶ μητριδίων ἀκαληφῶν.
ἐπεὶ τήθεα τὰ ὄστρεα. μέμικται γὰρ κωμῳδικῶς πρὸς τὴν τήθην καὶ μητέρα.

Athenaeus. Deipnosophistae. Kaibel. In Aedibus B.G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1887.

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