# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.17.6

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-2-6/6.17.6

τὰς δ' ὀσμὰς ἴσως ἐνίων μᾶλλον διατηρεῖ. Τάχα δὲ καὶ ποιεῖ τάς γε ἐν τοῖς ξηροῖς γινομένας, ἄκρατοι γὰρ αὗται. Πολλὰς δὲ καὶ φθείρει· τὰς δ' ἐν τοῖς καρποῖς ἐγχυλοτέρας καὶ μεμιγμένας τινὰς εἶναι μὴ πεπαινομένων δὲ καλῶς οὐ γίνεσθαι. Τὸ δ' ὅλον ἐν συμμετρίᾳ τινὶ τὴν μίξιν ὑπάρχειν καὶ ἐμφαίνεσθαί πως τὴν τοῦ ξηροῦ φύσιν ἐν ταῖς ὀσμαῖς. Τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ τὰς ὀσμὰς ποιοῦν ἢ πάντων ἤ τινων· ὅπερ φανερὸν εὐθὺ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ὑετοῖς. Διακεκαυμένης γὰρ ἐν τῷ θέρει τὸ θερμόν πως καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ποιεῖ τὴν εὐωδίαν.

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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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