# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.14.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.14.7

ἡ πῆξις δὲ δεῖται χρόνου, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὰ ἐπιγινόμενα δεῖ ποῖ᾽ ἄττα εἶναι καὶ τὴν ὅλην κατάστασιν καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο τῶν ἔξωθεν· εἰ γὰρ αἱ μεταβολαὶ ταχεῖαι πρὸς τὰς ἀνέσεις, κωλύοιντ᾽ ἂν αἱ πήξεις. ὡς δ᾽ ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν εὐπαθέστερος μὲν εἰς τὸ πάσχειν ὁ λεπτός· ὅταν μέντοι καταψυχθῇ ὁ παχύτερος ψυχρότερος, ὥσπερ καὶ θερμότερος· ἔμμονος γὰρ μᾶλλον ἡ θερμότης καὶ ἡ ψυχρότης ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις τοῖς σωματωδεστέροις. δι᾽ ὃ καὶ εἴ που μὴ ὑδατώδης, ἀλλ᾽ ἅμα τῷ πάχει ξηρὸς οὐκ ἄλογον εἰ μᾶλλον ἐκπηκτικός. ἀλλὰ γὰρ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἱκανῶς εἰρήσθω.

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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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