§2.94.1καὶ περὶ μὲν τοὺς ἰχθύας οὕτω ἔχει.
And concerning the fish, it is so.
ἀλείφατι δὲ χρέωνται Αἰγυπτίων οἱ περὶ τὰ ἕλεα οἰκέοντες ἀπὸ τῶν σιλλικυπρίων τοῦ καρποῦ, τὸ καλεῦσι μὲν Αἰγύπτιοι κίκι, ποιεῦσι δὲ ὧδε.
Those of the Egyptians who dwell around the marshes use an oil from the fruit of the sillicypria, which the Egyptians call kiki; and they make it as follows.
παρὰ τὰ χείλεα τῶν τε ποταμῶν καὶ τῶν λιμνέων σπείρουσι τὰ σιλλικύπρια §2.94.2ταῦτα, τὰ ἐν Ἕλλησι αὐτόματα ἄγρια φύεται· ταῦτα ἐν τῇ Αἰγύπτῳ σπειρόμενα καρπὸν φέρει πολλὸν μὲν δυσώδεα δέ·
Along the banks of both the rivers and the lakes they sow these sillicypria, which in Greece grow wild of their own accord; these, when sown in Egypt, bear fruit in abundance but ill-smelling.
τοῦτον ἐπεὰν συλλέξωνται, οἳ μὲν κόψαντες ἀπιποῦσι, οἳ δὲ καὶ φρύξαντες ἀπέψουσι, καὶ τὸ ἀπορρέον ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ συγκομίζονται.
When they gather this fruit, some crush it and press out the oil, while others roast and boil it, and they collect that which flows from it.
ἔστι δὲ πῖον καὶ οὐδὲν ἧσσον τοῦ ἐλαίου τῷ λύχνῳ προσηνές, ὀδμὴν δὲ βαρέαν παρέχεται.
It is oily and no less suitable for lamps than olive oil, but it yields a heavy smell.