# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.14.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.14.5

τῶν δὲ γλυκέων οὐδεὶς ὡς εἰπεῖν ἢ ἐπὶ μικρόν· ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ μῆλα τὰ γλυκέα πάντων ἥκιστα εὔοσμα καὶ ὅσῳ ἂν γλυκύτερα ἧττον· ἅμα δὲ καὶ ταῦτ᾽ ἔχει πως οἰνώδη τὸν χυλόν· αἴτιον δ᾽ ὅτι παχύτερος καὶ γεωδέστερος ὁ γλυκὺς χυλὸς ἄλλως τε καὶ ἐν τῷ περικαρπίῳ μεμιγμένος. ἡ δὲ ὀσμὴ λεπτοτέρου καὶ ξηροτέρου καὶ διαπνεομένων μᾶλλόν ἐστιν ὑπὲρ ὧν καὶ ὕστερον διασαφητέον.

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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/.