# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.6.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.6.7

δι᾽ ὃ καὶ φαίνεται διττή τις ἡ γένεσις εἶναι τῶν χυμῶν ἑκατέρα κατὰ τὰς ὑποκειμένας φύσεις· ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐξ ἀπέπτων καὶ πλειόνων μεταβάλλουσα πρὸς τὴν τελέωσιν ἡ δὲ ὥσπερ ἄχυμος καὶ ἀειδὴς ἐν ἁπλῇ τινι γενέσει καὶ ἀλλοιώσει διὰ τὴν ὑποκειμένην φύσιν· ὧν ἑκάτερον ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν τὸ μὲν ἐν τοῖς ἐπετείοις μᾶλλον τὸ δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς δένδροις ἐστὶν ὡς πλείονος δεομένων πέψεως.

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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/.