# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.17.8

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.17.8

ἡ δ᾽ ἁλυκότης τῶν ὑδάτων ὅτι καὶ τῶν λαχανωδῶν τισὶν ἁρμόττει καὶ δι᾽ ὅτι τῷ λίτρῳ χρῶνται πρὸς ἔνια πρότερον εἴρηται, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τοῦθ᾽ ὡς οἰκεῖον παραληπτέον· ἀπὸ γὰρ τούτων δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τῆς τροφῆς καὶ τούτων ἡ γλυκύτης. ἀλλὰ τοῖς μὲν πικρότης τις ἐν τοῖς χυλοῖς σύμφυτος τῷ δὲ φοίνικι στρυφνότης ἣν ἐξαιροῦσιν εὐθὺς οἱ ἅλες ἐκ τῆς πρώτης ἀρχῆς. περὶ μὲν οὖν τῶν ἁλῶν ἱκανῶς εἰρήσθω.

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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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