# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.13.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.13.5

ἔτι δὲ ἰσχυρότερος ὢν καὶ κατακρατεῖ καὶ συμπέττει μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ ὅλον οὐδὲ πολλὴν δέχεται διὰ τὴν πυκνότητα καὶ τοὺς χιτῶνας, ἡ δὲ πλείω τε ἕλκει μανὴ τὴν φύσιν οὖσα καὶ ταύτην οὐ καταπέττει δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν καὶ ὑγρᾶς γενομένης ὁ ἥλιος ἅμα τῇ ἐπιγενομένῃ συνεξάγει τὴν οἰκείαν ὑγρότητα συνεφελκομένην. καὶ τὰ πνεύματα δὲ κόπτοντα φθείρει μᾶλλον διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν.

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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/.