# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.11.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.11.6

καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δένδρων ὅσα πίονα τυγχάνει καθάπερ ἡ πεύκη· πᾶσα γὰρ ἔνδᾳδος ταῖς ῥίζαις ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη καὶ πρότερον· αἴτιον δ᾽ ὅπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων ὅτι τὸ διαθερμαινόμενον ἀεὶ καὶ πεττόμενον καθαρώτατον ὂν προσίζει καὶ ἀθροιζόμενον καὶ πυκνωθὲν ἐποίησέ τινα πιότητα. τὸ δὲ ἰὸν εἰς τὰ ἄνω μέρη τροφὴ γίνεται τοῖς ὑπὲρ γῆς οὐ διὰ τῆς πιότητος ταύτης ἀλλ᾽ ἔχον τινὰς ἑτέρους πόρους· ἐπεὶ πάντων γε δᾳδωθέντων ἀπόλλυται τὰ δένδρα καθάπερ ἐλέχθη συμπνιγόμενα καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἔχοντα δίοδον τῷ πνεύματι.

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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/.