# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.18.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.18.3

μέγα δ᾽ οἱ τόποι διαφέρουσιν εἰς φυλακὴν ἐὰν ὦσι ξηροὶ καὶ ψυχροί. διαμένουσι γὰρ πλείω χρόνον ὥσπερ ἔν τε Μηδείᾳ καὶ Παφλαγονίᾳ καὶ τούτων ἐν τοῖς ὑψηλοτάτοις χωρίοις ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ εἴπου ἄλλοθι τοιοῦτον· ἀμφότερα γὰρ ἐξείργονται τὰ διαφθείροντα τό τε θερμὸν καὶ τὸ ὑγρόν· ἐπεὶ καὶ ἡ διαπαττομένη γῆ τοῦτο ποιεῖ, ξηραίνει τε καὶ ψύχει.

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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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