# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 6.9.3

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 6, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/6.9.3

Ἡ δὲ τῇ γεύσει τῶν ὀσμῶν αἴσθησις οὐκ ἄλογος ἥπερ μάλιστα ἔνδηλος ἐπὶ τῶν εὐστόμων λεγομένων τῶν τε λαχανηρῶν ὥσπερ ἀνήθου, μαράθου, μύριδος. Ἐνίων δ' οὐδ' ἐχόντων ὅλως ὀσμὴν καὶ ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπὶ τῶν ξηρῶν ἀόσμων δὲ τελέως οἷον φακοῦ, κνίκου, τῶν τοιούτων· διαθραυόμενα γὰρ ἅμα τῇ μασήσει καὶ διαθερμαινόμενα ποιεῖ τινα ἀτμὸν ὃς ἀναπέμπεται λεπτὸς ὢν διὰ τῶν πόρων εἰς τὴν ὄσφρησιν· ἐμφαίνεται δὲ καί τινων διαμασωμένων χυμός.

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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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