# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.17.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.17.6

τάχα δὲ καὶ ποιεῖ τάς γε ἐν τοῖς ξηροῖς γινομένας, ἄκρατοι γὰρ αὗται. πολλὰς δὲ καὶ φθείρει· τὰς δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς καρποῖς ἐγχυλοτέρας καὶ μεμιγμένας τινὰς εἶναι μὴ πεπαινομένων δὲ καλῶς οὐ γίνεσθαι. τὸ δ᾽ ὅλον ἐν συμμετρίᾳ τινὶ τὴν μίξιν ὑπάρχειν καὶ ἐμφαίνεσθαί πως τὴν τοῦ ξηροῦ φύσιν ἐν ταῖς ὀσμαῖς. τοῦτο γὰρ τὸ τὰς ὀσμὰς ποιοῦν ἢ πάντων ἤ τινων· ὅπερ φανερὸν εὐθὺ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ὑετοῖς. διακεκαυμένης γὰρ ἐν τῷ θέρει τὸ θερμόν πως καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ ποιεῖ τὴν εὐωδίαν.

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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/.