---
title: On the Drying Agent
title_greek: Περὶ ξηρίου
author: Zosimus of Panopolis
eul_wid: tyc-bx
eul_aid: tyc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-drying-agent-tyc-bx"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Technical Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Drying Agent

*Περὶ ξηρίου*

**Author:** Zosimus of Panopolis

**eul_wid:** `tyc-bx` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/zosimus-panopolis-drying-agent-tyc-bx)

## Text

### 2.205.(1t)

ΠΕΡΙ ΞΗΡΙΟΥ Τρεῖς δυνάμεις εἰσὶ τοῦ ἀληθεστάτου ξηρίου, καὶ τρεῖς ἐνέργειαι ἐκ τούτων προιοῦσαι τῶν δυνάμεων· βαφὴ, εἴσκρισις, κάτοχον. Καὶ τὸ μαθηματικὸν τρεῖς διαστάσεις ἔχει, μῆκος, πλάτος καὶ βάθος. Καὶ τὸ φυσικὸν σῶμα τὸ τριχῇ διάστατον καὶ ἀντίτυπον, ὃ μῆκος ἔχει, καὶ πλάτος, βάθος τε καὶ ἀντιτυπίαν· οὕτω καὶ εἴδους ἐροῦμεν βαφὴν εἴσκρισιν, κάτοχον καὶ στίλψιν. Καὶ τὸ τριχῇ διάστατον προσαγορεύομεν ἴδεον καὶ ἀνίδεον καὶ πανίδεον ὕλην τὴν ὑποδεχομένην τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ ἐνεργείας.

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