# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.17.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.17.9

πάρεγγυς δὲ καὶ ταὐτό πως τούτῳ εἰ ἔστι μὲν τῶν δένδρων καὶ ὅλως τῶν ὑλημάτων εὔοσμα πολλὰ ζῶον δὲ οὐδὲν εἰ μὴ τὴν πάρδαλίν φασι καθάπερ ἐλέχθη τοῖς θηρίοις. τὰ μὲν γὰρ θερμὰ καὶ ξηρὰ τὴν φύσιν ὥστε λεπτοτέρα καὶ καθαρωτέρα τις ἡ αὐτῶν ἀποπνοὴ, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν ὑγρότητι πλείονι καὶ ὑλωδεστέρᾳ δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἡ ἀποπνοὴ τοιαύτη καὶ ὅλως ἡ τροφὴ τῶν μὲν ἁπλῆ καὶ ἀπερίττωτος τῶν δὲ ποικίλη καὶ περιττωματική.

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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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