# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.10.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.10.9

ἐμφανὲς δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ὠμῆς οὔσης· πίπτουσαν γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν ἔνια θραύεσθαί φασιν. ὅταν οὖν τοιαύτη καὶ οὕτως ἔχουσα παραδοθῇ τῷ πυρὶ κατὰ λόγον ἤδη τοῦ χυλοῦ εἶναι γλυκεῖαν καὶ ἁπαλήν. ἐπεὶ καὶ οἱ τὸ λίτρον ἐμβάλλοντες τοῦτο βούλονται ποιεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἐξ ὀλίγου ποιοῦσιν, ἡ δὲ φύσις ἐκ πολλοῦ καὶ κατὰ μικρὸν ποιήσασα τοιαύτην ἀπέδωκεν. ὅθεν οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἄλογον τὸ περὶ τροπὰς καὶ περὶ τὸ ἄστρον ἐνιαχοῦ καὶ ὅλως τοῦ θέρους εἶναι βελτίω καθάπερ ἐν Ἐρετρίᾳ· τότε γὰρ μᾶλλον ἡ ἁλμυρὶς ἐργάζεται καὶ κρατεῖ αὐτὴ μὲν οὖσα πλείων τῆς δ᾽ ὑγρότητος ἐλάττονος γινομένης ἐν ἐκείνῃ·

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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/.