# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.6.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.6.1

Τῶν δὲ ποτίμων τὰ ψυχρὰ βέλτιστα· καὶ γὰρ πέψιν ποιεῖ μάλιστα διὰ τὴν ἀντιπερίστασιν τοῦ θερμοῦ καὶ κατάψυξιν ταῖς ῥίζαις· δεῖται δὲ τὰ δένδρα ταύτης. ὅτι δὲ βελτίω σημεῖον τὸ γλυκύτερα καὶ εὐχυλότερα τοῖς ψυχροῖς ἀρδευόμενα καὶ λάχανα καὶ ῥίζας καὶ καρποὺς καὶ τἆλλα ὁμοίως. ἔοικε δὲ κατὰ λόγον ἔχειν ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἐκ διὸς ὑδάτων τὰ νυκτερινὰ καὶ τὰ βόρεια καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν δὲ τῶν πνευμάτων ὅταν ᾖ βόρεια καὶ μὴ νότια καὶ ὅλως ὅταν ψυχρὰ καὶ μὴ θερμά· τὴν γὰρ αὐτὴν ὄνησιν πάντα ἔχει καὶ διὰ τὰς αὐτὰς ἀνάγκας· τὰ γὰρ θερμὰ διαχεῖ καὶ ἀνυγραίνει καὶ ἀσθενὲς ποιεῖ τὸ σύμφυτον θερμόν.

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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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