# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.14.12

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.14.12

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλ' ἔνιά γε τῶν εὐωδῶν ἄγαν καταξηραινόμενα χείρους ἴσχει τὰς ὀσμὰς τῷ δριμυτέρας εἶναι καὶ σκληροτέρας· ἔστι γάρ τις ὥσπερ καὶ οἴνου καὶ ἁπλῶς χυλοῦ σκληρότης καὶ ἰσχὺς οὕτω καὶ ὀσμῶν ὃ καὶ τῶν ἀγρίων ἔνια ὁμογενῆ δοκεῖ πρὸς τὰ ἥμερα πεπονθέναι καθάπερ ἕρπυλλος καὶ τὸ σισύμβριον καὶ τῶν λαχανωδῶν μάλιστα τὸ πήγανον· σκληραὶ γὰρ αἱ ὀσμαὶ καὶ ἀγλυκεῖς, αἱ δὲ τῶν ἡμέρων ἔχουσί τινα ἅμα τῷ ὑφειμένῳ γλυκύτητα καὶ εὐμένειαν. Ἔστι γὰρ ὥσπερ ἐν χυμοῖς καὶ ἐν ὀσμαῖς γλυκύτης. Σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ αἱ ἄλλαι προσηγορίαι τῶν εἰδῶν ὡς οὐ πόρρω τῆς φύσεως ἑκατέρας οὔσης.

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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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