# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 2.6.3

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 2, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/2.6.3

Τὰ μὲν οὖν ψυχρὰ διὰ ταῦτα βελτίω, τὰ δὲ πότιμα τῶν ἀπότων ὅτι τροφιμώτερα. Μιγνυμένη γὰρ ἡ ἁλμυρὶς καὶ πᾶς ὁ τοιοῦτος χυλὸς οὐ μόνον ἀτροφίας ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλλας βλάβας ἐμποιεῖ καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῶν σωμάτων. Ἡ δὲ μίξις τῶν ὑδάτων ἡ τοιαύτη χρήσιμος ὅταν τὸ μὲν ἄγαν σκληρὸν ᾖ καὶ ὥσπερ ἄπεπτον καὶ ὠμὸν τὸ δὲ θῆλυ καὶ μαλακὸν ᾖ καὶ ἐάν τινα γεώδη συνεπιφέρῃ χυλὸν ὅπερ ἔχει τὰ θολερὰ καὶ κοπριώδη· καὶ γὰρ τῆς τοιαύτης δέονται τροφῆς. Δι' ὃ πολλάκις ἂν ἁρμόσειε λεπτὸν καὶ καθαρὸν μὴ καθαρῷ καὶ παχεῖ καὶ φρεατιαῖον ναματιαίῳ καὶ ῥυτὸν καὶ ὄμβριον λιμναίῳ καὶ ἁπλῶς στασίμῳ.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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