# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.6.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.6.8

τάχα δ᾽ ἀληθέστερον ἐκείνως ἀποδοῦναι καὶ μὴ ἐπετείοις καὶ δένδροις ἀλλ᾽ ὅλως τῇ κράσει διορίζοντας· ὁποία γὰρ ἄν τις αὕτη τυγχάνῃ αἱ μεταβολαὶ συνακολουθήσουσι κατὰ λόγον· ἐπεὶ καὶ ἡ ἀμυγδάλη τὸ πρῶτον ὑδατώδης ἕως ἂν ᾖ χλωρὰ ξηραινομένη δὲ λῖπος λαμβάνει· καὶ ἄλλα δέ τινα τῶν καρυωδῶν· ὧν καὶ τὰ κελύφη στρυφνὰ τῶν δὲ καὶ ὀξέα καθάπερ τῶν ἀμυγδαλῶν ὡς ἐνταῦθα παντὸς ἐκκρινομένου τοῦ περιττωματικοῦ καὶ γεώδους.

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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/.