# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.16.1

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.16.1

Διὰ τί δ' οἱ ἄγριοι καρποὶ τῶν ἡμέρων εὐοσμότεροι τῶν ὁμογενῶν οἷον μῆλά τε καὶ ἀχράδες καὶ οὖα καὶ μέσπιλα καὶ τἆλλα καὶ αὐτῶν δὲ τῶν μήλων ἔν τε τοῖς ἀγρίοις καὶ τοῖς ἡμέροις τὰ στρυφνότατα εὐοσμότατα, —καίτοι διὰ πέψιν γινομένης τῆς ὀσμῆς προσῆκεν εὐοσμεῖν τὰ μάλιστα πεπεμμένα, —περὶ δὴ τούτων ἔστι μὲν ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ὅτι τὰ ἄγρια ὡς σκληρότερα εὐοσμότερα καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ οἰκειοτέρως εἴ τις δύναιτο διελεῖν τὰς πέψεις τήν τε τοῦ χυλοῦ καὶ τὴν τῆς ὀσμῆς ἐν τίνι ἑκατέρα γίνεται· φαίνεται γάρ τινα ἔχειν διαφορὰν εἴθ' ἑτέρων ὄντων εἴτε τοῦ αὐτοῦ μεταβάλλοντος.

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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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