# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.20.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.20.3

ὁ δ᾽ ἕρπυλλος καὶ τὸ ἑλένιον καὶ τἆλλα τὰ τοιαῦτα διὰ τὴν ξηρότητα δριμείας ἄγαν ἴσχει καὶ σκληρὰς τὰς ὀδμὰς ἡμερούμενα δὲ μαλακωτέρας. ἡ δὲ συμμετρία δι᾽ ὅτι καὶ πέψιν ποιεῖ φανερόν. ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν εὐωδῶν ὀσμαὶ πρὸς τῇ τοῦ ἐδάφους καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἀέρος εὐκρασίαν ἀπαιτοῦσιν ὥστ᾽ ἀναμίγνυσθαι μήτε κωλύεσθαι μήθ᾽ ὑφ᾽ ἑνός.

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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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