# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.14.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.14.3

ἐρυσίβη δὲ σῆψίς τίς ἐστι τοῦ ἐφισταμένου ὑγροῦ, δι᾽ ὃ πολὺ μὲν ὕσαντος οὐ γίνεται, καταπλύνεται γάρ· ἐὰν δὲ ψεκάδες ἢ καὶ δρόσοι πλείους γένωνται καὶ ὁ ἥλιος ἐπιλάβῃ καὶ ἄπνοια τότε σήπεται· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἐν τοῖς εὔπνοις καὶ μετεώροις ἧττον ἐν δὲ τοῖς κοίλοις καὶ δροσοβόλοις μᾶλλον. καὶ πανσελήνοις δὲ μᾶλλον ὅτι συνεργεῖ καὶ ἡ τῆς σελήνης θερμότης καὶ ὅλως ὁ ἀὴρ ὑγρότερος.

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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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