# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.19.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.19.3

δεῖ δὲ τὸ δεξόμενόν τε ἅμα καὶ διατηρῆσον μὴ οὕτω λεπτόν τι ὡς στεγνὸν καὶ φυλακτικόν τι εἶναι· τὸ μὲν γὰρ διΐησιν ὥσπερ ἠθμὸς οὐκ ἔχον ᾧ στέγει· τὸ δὲ σωματωδέστερον καὶ πυκνότερον εἴς τε τὸ δέξασθαι καὶ τηρεῖν εὐφυὲς πρὸς ἄμφω συμμετρίαν ἔχον, ἅπερ ἀμφότερα τῷ οἴνῳ καὶ τῷ ἐλαίῳ συμβέβηκε. καὶ οἱ μυρεψοὶ δὲ τὰς ὀσμὰς εἰς τὸ ἔλαιον τίθενται· καὶ γὰρ ἄλλως ἁρμόττον πρὸς τὴν χρείαν καὶ ἅμα δύναται μάλιστα θησαυρίζειν διὰ τὴν ἀμεταβλησίαν· τὸ δὲ ὕδωρ εὐθὺς διαπνεῖ καὶ ὥσπερ ἐκπλύνει καὶ διΐστησιν. ἡ δὲ λεπτότης ὥσπερ εἴπομεν οὐ χρήσιμος, ἐπεὶ οὐδ᾽ ὁ ἀὴρ δύναται κατέχειν ἀλλὰ διαπέμψαι μόνον.

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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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