# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.17.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.17.6

ἅπαντα γὰρ ταῦτα κωλυτικὰ τῶν πέψεων. ἐκ δὲ τῶν καθ᾽ ἕκαστα θεωροῦσι σύμφωνος ὁ λόγος τῶν γιγνομένων. τῶν γὰρ ἀειφύλλων ἅπανθ᾽ ὡς εἰπεῖν ὀψίκαρπα. ξυλώδεις δὲ οἱ καρποὶ καὶ τὰ περικάρπια καθάπερ πεύκης, πίτυος, κυπαρίττου, τῶν δ᾽ αὖ ξηροὶ ἢ λιπαροὶ ἢ γλισχρότητά τινα ἔχοντες, ὥσπερ ὁ τῆς κέδρου καὶ τῆς ἰξύας, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ οὐκ ὄντες μεγάλοι δυσκατέργαστοι τῷ εἶναι τοιοῦτοι καὶ ἅμα διὰ τὴν πυκνότητα μικρὰ καὶ ἡ ἐπιρροὴ καὶ ἡ ἐπίσπασις ὅλη.

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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/.