# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.16.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.16.1

Ἡ δὲ πέψις ἐστὶν ἐν τῷ περικαρπίῳ· τοῦτο δὲ δεῖ γίνεσθαι καὶ λαβεῖν χυλὸν ἁρμόττοντα πρὸς τὴν ἡμετέραν φύσιν. ἴσως δὲ αὐτὸ τοῦτο πρότερον εὖ ἔχει διελεῖν ὅτι πέψις ἐστὶν ἡ μὲν οὖν τῶν περικαρπίων, ἡ δ᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν καρπῶν, καὶ ἡ μὲν πρὸς τὰς ἡμετέρας τροφὰς, ἡ δὲ πρὸς γέννησιν καὶ διαμονὴν τῶν δένδρων· οἱ γὰρ καρποὶ καὶ τὰ σπέρματα τούτων χάριν. ἑκατέρα δέ πως ἐναντιοῦται πρὸς τὴν ἑτέραν. ἅμα γὰρ τὸ περικάρπιον ὑγρότερον καὶ πλεῖον καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ἐλάττων καὶ ἅμα μείζων οὗτος καὶ τὸ περικάρπιον ἔλαττον καὶ σκληρότερον καὶ δυσχυλότερον.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.