# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.19.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.19.1

Τὰς δ᾽ ὀσμὰς ἤδη τὰς ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων οἱ καρποὶ μὲν οὐχ ἕλκουσιν οὐδ᾽ ὅλως οὐδὲν τῶν ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς μορίων ὥστε γε καὶ ποιεῖν τι δῆλον. ὥστε καὶ παραφυτεύομέν γ᾽ ἔνια τῶν δριμέων οἷον σκόρδα καὶ κρόμυα τοῖς στεφανώμασι· φασὶ γὰρ ὠφελεῖν εἰς εὐωδίαν. τοῦτο δ᾽ εἴπερ ἀληθὲς δυοῖν θάτερον αἰτιάσαιτ᾽ ἄν τις ὡς τὸ κακῶδες ἀφαιρουμένων. ἕκαστον γὰρ δὴ τρέφεται τῷ οἰκείῳ καὶ ἕλκει τὸ συγγενὲς, ἀφαιρεθέντος δὲ τοῦ ἀλλοτρίου καθαρώτερον καὶ εὐωδέστερον τὸ λοιπόν· ἢ ὡς καταξηραινόντων τὸν τόπον διὰ τὴν θερμότητα καὶ πολυτροφίαν· ἐν δὲ τοῖς ξηροῖς ἅπαντα εὐοδμότερα. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὡς ἂν καθ᾽ ὑπόθεσιν εἰρήσθω.

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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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