# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.6.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.6.5

ὅλως γὰρ πᾶν τὸ περικάρπιον ξηρὸν ὂν τὸ πρῶτον ἀνυγραίνεται καὶ ἔστι γένεσις αὕτη τῶν χυλῶν ἐπιρρέοντος καὶ ὥσπερ διηθουμένου πλείονος ἀεὶ τοῦ ὑγροῦ καὶ ἀεὶ συναύξοντος ᾗ καὶ στρυφνὰ τὰ πολλὰ κατ᾽ ἀρχὰς οὐκ ἀλόγως ἅτε καὶ ξηρὰ ὄντα. ξηρότατα δὲ δοκεῖ τῶν ὑγρῶν ὧν ὀπώδης ἡ ὑγρότης ὥσπερ τῆς συκῆς κατὰ τὸ πάχος. τούτοις μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ ὑλικοί τινές εἰσι οἱ κατὰ τὰς στερήσεις ἐξ ὧν ἡ μετάβασις εἰς τὴν πέψιν, τοῖς δ᾽ οἷον οὐσία ταῦτα καὶ τέλη· πολλοὶ γὰρ καὶ πικροὶ καὶ στρυφνοὶ κατὰ φύσιν καὶ ὀξεῖς ὧν ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἧττον ἔγχυμος ἡ ὑγρότης.

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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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