# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.16.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.16.9

καὶ χυλῶν δὲ ἡ πέψις δόξειεν ἂν ἔχειν διαίρεσιν καὶ ἁπλῶς καὶ πρὸς ἡμᾶς οἷον ὅσα ταῖς δριμύτησι καὶ ὅσα τοῖς φαρμακώδεσι καὶ ὀπώδεσι χυλοῖς, ἃ δὴ καὶ ἐπαινοῦσι καὶ μάλιστα χρῶνται τοῖς τοιούτοις. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ ἰδιότης τις φύσεως πρὸς ἣν δῆλον ὅτι καὶ αἱ τροφαὶ καὶ αἱ κατεργασίαι τείνουσιν ἢ τοὐναντίον αἱ ἀγρίαι καθάπερ τῷ σιλφίῳ καὶ τῇ καππάρει καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο φεύγει τὴν ἐργασίαν, ἢ εἴ τι πάλιν αὖ διώκει τὴν ξηρὰν καὶ ὑγρὰν καὶ χειμερινήν.

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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/.