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διὰ τί τὸ δρόσιμον γενόμενον διὰ τοῦ ψύχους δυστίβευτον;
πότερον ὅτι τὰ θηρία πόρρω τῶν κοιτῶν ὀκνοῦντα
προϊέναι διὰ τὸ κρύος οὐ πολλὰ ποιεῖ σημεῖα: διὸ
καί φασιν αὐτὰ φείδεσθαι τῶν πλησίον, ὅπως μὴ
κακοπαθῇ πλανώμενα μακρὰν τοῦ χειμῶνος ἀλλ᾽
[p. 393] ἀεὶ ἐγγύθεν ἔχῃ νέμεσθαι: ἢ δεῖ μὴ μόνον ἔχειν ἴχνη τὸν στιβευόμενον τόπον ἀλλὰ κινεῖν τὴν ὄσφρησιν, κινεῖ δὲ λυόμενα καὶ χαλώμενα μαλακῶς ὑπὸ θερμότητος, ἡ δ᾽ ἄγαν περίψυξις πηγνύουσα τὰς
ὀσμὰς οὐκ ἐᾷ ῥεῖν οὐδὲ κινεῖν τὴν αἴσθησιν: ὅθεν καὶ τὰ μύρα καὶ τὸν οἶνον ἧττον ὄζειν ψύχους καὶ χειμῶνος λέγουσιν: ὁ γὰρ ἀὴρ πηγνύμενος ἵστησι τὰς ὀσμὰς ἐν αὑτῷ καὶ οὐκ ἐᾷ ἀναδίδοσθαι;
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