# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.9.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.9.3

ὑποκειμένου δ᾽ οὖν τούτου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων γεωδεστέρᾳ τροφῇ χρωμένων οὐκ ἄλογον ἐκείνην μᾶλλον αὐτοῖς ἁρμόττειν, ταύτην δ᾽ ἀλλοτριωτέραν εἶναι καὶ ἀπρόσφορον καὶ διὰ τὴν γλυκύτητα καὶ τὴν ἡδονὴν πλείω προσενεγκαμένων ῥήγνυσθαι. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν καθόλου καὶ κοινόν. ἴδιον δ᾽ ὅτι καὶ συμβαίνει τὰς κοιλίας ἐκπνευματοῦσθαι ἢ πᾶσιν ἢ τοῖς ἔχουσιν ἐχῖνον· φυσῶδες γὰρ καὶ οὐκ εὐκατέργαστον ὁ πυρὸς ὠμὸς ὢν ἔτι δ᾽ ἧττον τὸ ἄχυρον· μέγα δὲ καὶ τὸ ἀσύνηθες εἶναι· τὰ γὰρ ξένα κἂν ᾖ κοῦφα διαταράττει πλῆθος λαμβάνοντα.

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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/.