# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.19.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.19.5

διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ τὰ ἴχνη τῶν λαγῶν εὐσημότερα ψεκασθέντα μαλακῶς ὑπ᾽ αὐτὴν τὴν κυνηγίαν· ἐμμένει γὰρ μᾶλλον διὰ τὸ σφοδρῶς ἀπερείδεσθαι καὶ εἰς βάθος καὶ οὐχ ὥσπερ ξηρᾶς οὔσης ἐπιπολῆς οὐδ᾽ αὖ πηλώδους ὥσπερ ἐφ᾽ ὕδατι καὶ νότῳ. ἐναντία γὰρ καὶ τὰ πνεύματα καὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ ἀπόλλυσιν ἄμφω τὰς ὀσμάς. ἀλλὰ δεῖ καθάπερ τὰ ἀπομάγματα τῶν δακτυλίων μέσην τινὰ κρᾶσιν ἔχειν. καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅλις.

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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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