# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.6.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.6.6

ἅπαντες δέ πως ἐμφαίνουσιν οἱ καρποὶ καὶ τὸν τοῦ φυτοῦ χυλὸν ὅπερ ἴσως ἀναγκαῖον ἐξ ἐκείνου γενομένους. ὠμοὶ μὲν ὄντες μᾶλλον πεπαινόμενοι δ᾽ ἧττον ἅτε καὶ τῆς ἐκκρίσεως ἀεὶ καθαρωτέρας γινομένης. καὶ τῶν μὲν τοιαύτη τις σύστασις. ἐνίων δ᾽ ὥσπερ ἄχυμος ἡ πρώτη καὶ ὑδατώδης οἷον τῶν σιτωδῶν ὥσπερ πυροῦ καὶ κριθῆς καὶ τῶν ὁμοίων. ὧν δὴ καὶ ἡ τελέωσις εὐθὺς ἐκ ταύτης λαμβάνουσα πλείους μεταβολάς. οὐ γὰρ οὐδ᾽ ἡ γλυκύτης πόρρω ταύτης ὥστε μὴ δεῖσθαι πλειόνων.

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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/.