# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.3.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.3.4

οἱ μὲν οὖν ἐν τῇ γῇ ξυνιστάμενοι χυμοὶ τῶν ὑγρῶν, οὗτοι γὰρ ἐμφανέστατοι, λέγω δ᾽ οἷον ὀξεῖς καὶ ἁλμυροὶ γινόμενοι μὲν δῆλον ὅτι διὰ τὰς αὐτάς πως ἢ παραπλησίας ἀνάγκας δι᾽ ἃς καὶ ἐν τοῖς φυτοῖς, οὐ μὴν οὔτε ἴσοι τὸ πλῆθος οὐδ᾽ ὅμοιοι τούτοις ἀλλὰ θολερώτεροι διὰ τὸ μὴ τὴν αὐτὴν πέψιν μηδ᾽ ὁμοίαν ἔχειν. τὸ δὲ πλῆθος οὐ συμβλητοί. πολλοὶ γὰρ οἱ τῶν καρπῶν καὶ ἀνόμοιοι χυμοὶ καὶ οὐδαμῶς ἔνιοί γε ἐμφαινόμενοι τοῖς ἐκ τῆς γῆς οἷον ὁ αὐστηρὸς καὶ δριμὺς καὶ ἄλλοι δὲ πλείους.

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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/.