# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 5.9.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 5, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/5.9.5

ὅλως γὰρ τὰ γλυκέα σήπεται θᾶττον, εὐμετάβλητος γὰρ ὁ χυλὸς ἀσθενέστερος ὢν, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ αἱ μηλέαι καὶ αἱ ῥόαι μᾶλλον αἱ γλυκεῖαι τῶν ὀξειῶν· πάντων δὲ αἱ ἠριναὶ μᾶλλον διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τοῦ τε χυλοῦ καὶ τῆς ὅλης φύσεως. ἐν σχίνῳ δὲ φυτευόμενα πάνθ᾽ ἧττον σκωληκόβρωτα διά τε τὴν θερμότητα καὶ τὴν ὀσμήν. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν τὰ νοσήματα συμβαίνει διὰ τὰς ῥηθείσας αἰτίας.

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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/.