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‘πιθανῶς’ ἔφην ἐγὼ ‘οὐ μὴν ἀληθῶς: ὁρῶ γὰρ ὅτι καὶ τέφρᾳ 1 καὶ λίθοις, κἂν μὴ παρῇ δὲ ταῦτα, κονιορτῷ πολλάκις παχύνουσι τὸ ὕδωρ, ὡς μᾶλλον τῶν γεωδῶν τῇ παχύτητι 2 καταπλύνειν δυναμένων τὸν ῥύπον, αὐτοῦ δὲ τοῦ ὕδατος διὰ λεπτότητα καὶ ἀσθένειαν οὐχ ὁμοίως τοῦτο δρῶντος. τὸ μὲν οὖν παχυμερὲς τῆς ... 3 θαλάττης οὐ πετουτόποτε ... 4 πρὸς τήν κα ... 5 δὲ τὴν δριμύτητα: καὶ γὰρ αὕτη τοὺς πόρους 6 ἀναστομοῦσα καὶ ἀνοίγουσα 7 κατασύρει τὸν ῥύπον. ἐπεὶ δὲ πᾶν τὸ λιπαρὸν δυσέκπλυτὸν ἐστι καὶ κηλῖδα ποιεῖ, λιπαρὰ δ᾽ ἡ θάλασσα, τοῦτ᾽ ἂν αἴτιον εἴη μάλιστα τοῦ μὴ καλῶς πλύνειν. ὅτι δ᾽ ἐστὶ λιπαρά, καὶ αὐτὸς εἴρηκεν Ἀριστοτέλης 8: οἵ τε γὰρ ἅλες λίπος ἔχουσι καὶ τοὺς λύχνους βέλτιον παρέχουσι καομένους: αὐτή 9 θ᾽ ἡ θάλαττα προσραινομένη ταῖς φλοξὶ συνεκλάμπει, καὶ κάεται μάλιστα τῶν ὑδάτων τὸ θαλάττιον: ὡς δ᾽ ἐγᾦμαι, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ θερμότατόν ἐστιν. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ κατ᾽ ἄλλον τρόπον ἐπεὶ τῆς πλύσεως τέλος ἡ ψῦξίς ἐστι καὶ [p. 44] μάλιστα 10 φαίνεται καθαρὸν τὸ μάλιστα ξηρὸν γιγνόμενον: δεῖ δὴ 11 τὸ πλῦνον ὑγρὸν τῷ ῥύπῳ ταχέως 12 συνεξελθεῖν, ὥσπερ τῷ νοσήματι τὸν ἐλλέβορον. τὸ μὲν οὖν γλυκὺ ῥᾳδίως ὁ ἥλιος ἐξάγει διὰ κουφότητα, τὸ δ᾽ ἁλμυρὸν ἐνισχόμενον τοῖς πόροις διὰ τραχύτητα δυσξήραντόν ἐστι.’
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1892. 4.
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