# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.22.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.22.5

ὃ δὲ προσεπιλέγει περὶ τῶν πυρείων οὐκ ἄν τις ἴσως φαίη θερμότητος, ἀλλὰ ξηρότητος εἶναι σημεῖον· ἡ γὰρ τρίψις ἐστὶν ἡ ποιοῦσα τὸ πῦρ· σφοδροτέρα δὲ ἐν τούτοις, ᾗ καὶ μᾶλλον ἐξαεροῦν δυναμένη τὸ ὑγρόν. ἀλλὰ δὴ μάλιστα ἐκεῖνα φαίνεται καὶ κατὰ τὴν αἴσθησιν θερμὰ καὶ κατὰ λόγον τὰ λιπαρά τε καὶ τὰ δριμέα καὶ εὔοσμα οὕτως ἔχει· πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα δοκοῦσι θερμότατα εἶναι. διὸ καὶ ξηρά τε ὄντα καὶ ὡς ἐπὶ πᾶν πυκνὰ καὶ ἀσαπῆ καὶ τοὺς χυλοὺς ἔχοντα λιπαροὺς καὶ δριμεῖς· ὅθεν τέ ἐστι καὶ ἄφρων· καὶ ἡ πεύκη θερμὴ καὶ εὐπύρωτός ἐστιν· οὐ μὴν μόνα γε ταῦτα, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄλλα δοκεῖ θερμὰ εἶναι καθάπερ καὶ ἡ φίλυρα καὶ ὅλως ὅσα τὴν τοῦ σιδήρου βαφὴν ἀνίησι.

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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.
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