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τοιούτων περὶ ὧν Φαινίας ὁ Ἐρέσιος ἐν τοῖς περὶ φυτῶν τάδε γράφει: ‘ πᾶσα γὰρ χεδροπώδης ἥμερος φύσις ἐνσπέρματος ἣ μὲν ἑψήσεως ἕνεκα σπείρεται, οἷον ὁ κύαμος, πισός: ἐτνηρὸν γὰρ ἐκ τούτων ἕψημα γίνεται: τὰ δὲ πάλιν αὖθις λεκιθώδη, καθάπερ ἄρακος: τὸ δὲ φακῆς, οἷον ἀφάκη, φακός: τὸ δὲ χόρτου ἕνεκα τῶν τετραπόδων ζῴων, οἷον
ὄροβος μὲν ἀροτήρων βοῶν, ἀφάκη δὲ προβάτων.’ πισοῦ δὲ τοῦ ὀσπρίου μνημονεύει καὶ Εὔπολις ἐν Χρυσῷ
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