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χϝ. ἦν δὲ πᾶσι τοῖς ὑπογεγραμμένοις χαλεπώτατον μὲν τὸ ἔαρ καὶ πλείστους ἀπέκτεινε, τὸ δὲ θέρος ῥήϊστον, καὶ ἐλάχιστοι ἀπώλλυντο. τοῦ δὲ φθινοπώρου καὶ ὑπὸ πληϊάδα πάλιν ἔθνῃσκον, οἱ πολλοὶ τεταρταῖοι. δοκεῖ δέ μοι προσωφελῆσαι κατὰ λόγον τὸ γενόμενον θέρος. τὰς γὰρ θερινὰς νούσους χειμὼν ἐπιγενόμενος λύει, καὶ τὰς χειμερινὰς θέρος ἐπιγενόμενον μεθίστησι. [p. 256] καίτοι αὐτό γε ἐπὶ ἑωυτοῦ τὸ γενόμενον θέρος οὐκ [10] εὐσταθὲς ἐγένετο: καὶ γὰρ ἐξαίφνης θερμὸν καὶ νότιον καὶ ἄπνοον: ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως πρὸς τὴν [12] ἄλλην κατάστασιν μεταλλάξαν ὠφέλησε.
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