# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.20.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.20.4

ἔοικε γὰρ τοιοῦτόν τι συμβαίνειν καὶ περὶ τὰ ἴχνη τῶν λαγῶν ὧν καὶ ἀρτίως ἐμνήσθημεν. οὔτε γὰρ θέρους εὔοσμα οὔτε χειμῶνος οὔτε ἦρος ἀλλὰ μάλιστα τοῦ φθινοπώρου. χειμῶνος μὲν γὰρ ὑγρὰ θέρους δ᾽ αὖ ξηρανθέντα δι᾽ ὃ καὶ μεσημβρίας χείριστα· τοῦ δ᾽ ἦρος αἱ τῶν ἀνθῶν ὀσμαὶ παρενοχλοῦσι· τὸ δὲ μετόπωρον σύμμετρον ἔχει πρὸς ἅπαντα τὴν κρᾶσιν. περὶ μὲν οὖν ὀσμῶν καὶ χυλῶν τῶν ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς καὶ καρποῖς ἐκ τούτων θεωρητέον. ὅσα δ᾽ ἤδη κατὰ τὰς μίξεις καὶ τὰ πάθη πρὸς ἄλληλα καὶ τὰς δυνάμεις ταῦτα καθ᾽ αὑτὰ λεκτέον.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.