# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.17.1

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.17.1

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλ' ἔνιά γε τῶν ἀνθέων ἐξ ἀποστάσεως ἢ πλησίον ἐλθοῦσιν εὐοσμότερα καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ἴα δοκεῖ. Τὸ δ' αἴτιον ὅτι πρὸς μὲν τὰ πόρρω καθαρὰ φέρεται καὶ ἀμιγὴς ἡ ὀσμὴ πλησίον δ' ὄντων ὅτι συναπορρεῖ τινα καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄλλων μορίων ἅπερ οὐ διϊκνεῖται πρὸς τὰ πόρρω διὰ τὸ γεωδέστερα καὶ παχύτερα εἶναι. Καθόλου γὰρ ταῖς μὲν ἀσθενέσι τῶν ὀσμῶν ἡ ἀμιξία τῶν δ' ἰσχυροτέρων ἐνίαις αἱ μίξεις αἱ οἰκεῖαι χρησιμώτεραι καθάπερ τοῖς χυλοῖς οἷον καὶ τῇ σμύρνῃ·

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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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