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Theophrastus
Theophrastus. Theophrasti Eresii Opera, Quae Supersunt, Omnia. Wimmer, Friedrich, editor. Paris: A.F. Didot, 1866.
Fr. 178
Θ. ἐν τῷ περὶ τῶν φωλευόντων διὰ τὸ ψῦχος φησὶ τὴν νάρκην κατὰ γῆς δύεσθαι. Ἐν δὲ τῷ περὶ τῶν δακέτων καὶ βλητικῶν διαπέμπεσθαί φησι τὴν νάρκην ἀπʼ αὐτῆς δύναμιν καὶ διὰ τῶν ξύλων καὶ διὰ τῶν τριοδόντων, ποιοῦσαν ναρκᾶν τοὺς ἐν χεροῖν ἔχοντας. (Athenae. 7, p. 314.)