Θεόφραστος ἐν φυτῶν ἱστορίᾳ: ‘τὸ πέπερι καρπὸς μέν ἐστι, διττὸν δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ γένος: τὸ μὲν στρογγύλον ὥσπερ ὄροβος, κέλυφος ἔχον ὑπέρυθρον, τὸ [p. 290] δὲ πρόμηκες, μέλαν, σπερμάτια μηκωνικὰ ἔχον. ἰσχυρότερον δὲ πολὺ τοῦτο θατέρου, θερμαντικὰ δὲ ἄμφω: διὸ καὶ πρὸς τὸ κώνειον βοηθεῖ ταῦτα.’
ἢ καὶ λεπτοθρίοιο πολύχνοα φύλλα κονύζης,
πολλάκι δ᾽ ἢ πέπερι κόψας νέον ἢ ἀπὸ Μήδων
κάρδαμον.
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