# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.16.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.16.2

τοῦτο μὲν οὖν καθόλου διαίρεσιν ἔχει, πρὸς δὲ τὸ νῦν ἱκανὸν τοσοῦτον ὅπερ καὶ φανερὸν ὅτι ἡ μὲν γλυκύτης καὶ ὅλως ἡ εὐστομία παχύνσει τῶν χυλῶν δι᾽ ὃ καὶ γηράσκοντες οἱ καρποὶ καὶ ἡλιούμενοι πάντες γλυκύτεροι· παχύνονται γὰρ ἀφαιρουμένου τοῦ ὑδατώδους. ἡ δὲ τῶν ὀσμῶν ἐν προτέρᾳ τινὶ καὶ ἀτελεστέρᾳ πέψει. σημεῖον δὲ καὶ ὅτι αὐτὰ τὰ εὐώδη καθάπερ ἄπιοι καὶ μῆλα καὶ τὰ ἄλλα μᾶλλον εὔοσμα γίνεται μὴ τελέως ἐκπεπανθέντα. καίτοι τότε τοῦ χυλοῦ μάλιστα πέψις.

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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.
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