# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.13.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.13.6

ἀπορεῖται δὲ καὶ διὰ τί ἁδροῦ ὄντος τοῦ σίτου καὶ σχεδὸν ὥσπερ ξηροῦ ἐφυσθεὶς οὐχ ὅτι βελτίων ἀλλὰ καὶ χείρων γίνεται, ἐὰν δὲ θερισθεὶς εἰς θωμοὺς συντεθῇ ἁδρότερος καὶ βελτίων· ἔνιοι δὲ καὶ ῥαίνουσιν. αἴτιον δὲ ὅτι τότε μὲν ἀνυγραίνεται καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ὅταν ἀναλάμψῃ συνεξάγει τὴν οἰκείαν ὑγρότητα καὶ ἰσχάνει· ὅταν δὲ εἰς θωμοὺς συντεθῇ συνικμάζεταί τε καὶ ἡ ἀναγομένη ἀτμὶς λεπτὴ καὶ πνευματώδης οὖσα παρεισδύεται καὶ ἁδρύνει τοὺς ὄγκους.

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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/.