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Book I Chapter 55 · I.55.2.8–I.55.2.9
Ancient Greek
p. 16762.8
τὰ δὲ τῆς γεώδους, ὁμοῦ κινουμένης τε καὶ ἀναιρουμένης, ζέσιν τε καὶ ζύμωσιν ἐπικληθῆναι· τὸ δὲ τούτων αἴτιον τῶν παθημάτων ὀξὺ προσορηθῆναι.
2.9
Ξύμπασι δὲ περὶ ταῦτα εἰρημένοις πάθος ἐναντίον ἀπ᾽ ἐναντίας ἐστὶ προφάσεως, ὁπόταν ἡ τῶν εἰσιόντων σύστασις ἐν ὑγροῖς, οἰκεία τῇ τῆς γλώττης ἕξει πεφυκυῖα, λειαίνῃ μὲν ἐπαλείφουσα τὰ τραχυνθέντα, τὰ δὲ παρὰ φύσιν συνεστῶτα ἢ κεχυμένα τὰ μὲν συνάγῃ, τὰ δὲ χαλᾷ, καὶ πάνθ᾽ ὅτι μάλιστα ἱδρύῃ κατὰ φύσιν, ἡδὺ καὶ προσφιλὲς πάντῃ πᾶν τὸ τοιοῦτον ἴαμα τῶν βιαίων παθημάτων γιγνόμενον, κέκληται γλυκύ. Καὶ τὰ μὲν ταύτῃ ταῦτα.
Stobaeus, Volume I: Book I Chapter 55
p. 16772.8 · Fermentation and sourness
“Those formed from earthy moisture, as it is stirred and lifted up together, are called seething and fermentation; the cause of these experiences is called sour.”2043
2.9 · Sweetness as restoration
“An experience opposite to all those described in this connection arises from an opposite cause: whenever the constitution of what enters in liquid form is naturally suited to the tongue’s condition, it coats and smooths what has been roughened, gathers some parts and relaxes others among those unnaturally contracted or dispersed, and establishes everything as nearly as possible in its natural state. Every such remedy for violent affections, becoming pleasant and welcome in every way, has been called sweet. So much for these matters.”2044
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