# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.14.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.14.9

οὐ μὴν πάνθ᾽ οὕτως ἀλλ᾽ ἔνια καὶ ἀνάπαλιν· ἃ δεῖ διαιρεῖν· ἁπλῆ δέ τις ἡ διαίρεσις· τῶν μὲν γὰρ ἀσθενεῖς αἱ ὀσμαὶ· τοιαῦτα δὲ ὡς ἐπὶ πᾶν τὰ ἄνθη μάλιστα· ταῦτα μὲν εὐοσμότερα χλωρὰ καὶ πρόσφατα χρονιζόμενα δὲ ἀμβλύνεται διὰ τὴν ἀποπνοήν· ὧν δ᾽ ἰσχυρότεραι, τοιαῦτα δὲ ὅσα γεωδέστερα καὶ ἐν γεωδεστέροις καὶ οὗ μέμικταί τις ὑδατώδης δύναμις, ταῦτ᾽ ἀποξηραινόμενα καὶ παλαιούμενα μέχρι τινὸς, ὡς καὶ τὰ μῆλα τὰ κυδώνια καὶ ὅσα τῶν στεφανωματικῶν δριμείας ἔχει τὰς ὀσμὰς οἷον τὸ ἀβρότονον μάλιστα καὶ τὸ ἀμάρακον καὶ ὁ κρόκος·

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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/.