# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.14.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.14.6

ὃ καὶ περὶ τὰς Κρηνίδας ἦν τῶν Θρᾳκῶν κατοικούντων. ἅπαν γὰρ τὸ πεδίον δένδρων πλῆρες ἦν καὶ ὑδάτων· ὁπότε νῦν μᾶλλον πρότερον ἐκπήγνυσιν ἐξηραμμένων τῶν ὑδάτων οὐ τὴν λεπτότητα τοῦ ἀέρος αἰτιατέον ὥς τινές φασιν. αἱ μὲν οὖν αἰτίαι ὑπὲρ ἑκατέρου καὶ τοιαῦταί τινες. ἴσως δ᾽ ἀμφοτέρων γινομένων ἐκπήξεων, τοῦτο γὰρ φανερὸν ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων, διαφέρει καὶ τόπος τόπου καὶ ἀὴρ ἀέρος τῷ μᾶλλον παχύνεσθαι καὶ λεπτύνεσθαι· ὁ γὰρ ὑδατώδης καὶ θολερὸς οὐχ ὁμοίως ἐργατικός· οὐδ᾽ αὖ πάλιν ὁ λεπτὸς, καὶ γὰρ εὐκίνητος καὶ οὐκ ἔμμονος·

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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/.