# Concerning Odours 89.6

Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, Fragment 89. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/concerning-odours/89.6

Τοιαύτης ἔοικεν ἔν τε τοῖς αὐλοῖς εἰς τὸ ἐμπνεῦσαι βίᾳ τῷ στενωτέρῳ δυνάμεως δεῖν καὶ εἰς τὸ τῷ εὐρυτέρῳ ἵνα πληρωθῇ· καὶ γὰρ δὴ καὶ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς αὐλοῖς· ἀπονώτερον γὰρ τὸ ὀξὺ τῷ διὰ τῶν ἄνω γίγνεσθαι τρημάτων· βίας δὲ δεόμενον τὸ βαρὺ καὶ μείζονος εἰ διʼ ὅλου τὸ πνεῦμα πέμποιτο, ὥστε ὅσον μήκους προστίθεται τοσόνδε καὶ πνεύματος ἰσχύος προστίθεται.

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Theophrastus, Concerning Odours, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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