# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.10.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.10.1

Ἐπεὶ δ᾽ οἱ χυμοὶ πλείους ἀπορήσειεν ἄν τις διὰ τί ποτ᾽ οἱ μὲν ἄλλοι πάντες ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς καὶ καρποῖς γίνονται, καὶ γὰρ πικρὸς καὶ δριμὺς καὶ ὀξὺς, ὁ δ᾽ ἁλμυρὸς οὐκέτι· οὐδὲν γὰρ τῶν φυομένων ἁλυκὸν ὥστε καὶ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τοιοῦτον ἔχειν τὸν χυλὸν ἀλλ᾽ ἐν τοῖς περὶ τὰ ἔξω γίνεταί τις ἁλμυρὶς οἷον καὶ τοῖς ἐρεβίνθοις, αὐτοὶ δὲ γλυκεῖς. αἴτιον δ᾽ ὅτι ἄτροφον καὶ ὥσπερ ἀγέννητον τὸ ἁλμυρόν. σημεῖον δ᾽ ὅτι οὐδὲ φύεται οὐδὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν ἐν ταῖς τοιαύταις χώραις· διεσθίει γὰρ καὶ ἐξαιρεῖται τὰς δυνάμεις ὥστε κωλύειν τὴν σύστασιν.

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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/.