# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.10.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.10.5

εἰ μὲν οὖν οὕτω φανερὸν ὅτι ἕλκοιεν ἂν εἰ δ᾽ ἐκείνως ἄτοπον διὰ τί μόνον ἐπικαθίζει τούτοις οἷόνπερ ἐρεβίνθῳ καὶ ἁλίμῳ καὶ τοῖς τοιούτοις. ὅσα γὰρ ἁλμᾷ νοσηματικῶς ὥσπερ ἡ ῥοδωνία καὶ ἄλλ᾽ ἄττα περὶ τούτων ἕτερος λόγος, τῷ δ᾽ ἐρεβίνθῳ καὶ οἰκεῖον φαίνεται καὶ χρήσιμον· ἀποπλυθέντων γοῦν ὅταν ἀνθοῦσιν ἐφύσῃ καὶ ἄρτι συνισταμένοις ἀπόλλυνται καὶ διαφθείρονται σφακελίσαντες ὥστε πρὸς σωτηρίαν ἡ φύσις ἐπάγοιτ᾽ ἂν τὰ τοιαῦτα ὡς συγγενῆ.

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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/.