# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.16.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.16.4

ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὴν ὑγρότητα καὶ τὴν ξηρότητα καὶ τὴν πολυτροφίαν καὶ τὴν ὀλιγοτροφίαν καὶ τὴν εὔπνοιαν εἰκός τι συμβάλλεσθαι πρὸς τὰς ὀσμὰς εἴπερ ὅλως καὶ τὰ ξηρὰ καὶ ἐν ξηροῖς καὶ ὀλιγότροφα καὶ ἐν εὔπνοις εὐοσμότερα· μιγνυμένη γὰρ ἡ πλείων ὑγρότης ἀμβλύνει τὴν ὀσμήν· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἐν τοῖς παλισκίοις καὶ ἐφύδροις οὐκ εὔοσμα καὶ μάλιστα δὴ τῇ παχύνσει καθάπερ εἴρηται λαμβάνει τὴν μεταβολήν.

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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/.