# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.7.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.7.3

τῶν δ᾽ ἄλλων ἡ ὑπὸ τοῦ θερμοῦ πέψις γινομένη τὰ μὲν ἐκκρίνει καὶ διατμίζει τὰ δὲ παχύνει καὶ συνίστησι τὰ δὲ λεπτύνει τὰ δ᾽ ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ἀλλοιοῖ καθάπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς πυρουμένοις. ὅλως δὲ τοῦτο ληπτέον ὅτι πάντες ἐνυπάρχουσιν οἱ χυμοὶ δυνάμει προσιούσης δὲ μεταβολῆς τότε γίνεσθαι καὶ εἶναι κατ᾽ ἐνέργειαν· πεφθέντων δ᾽ οἱ μὲν εὐθὺς φανεροὶ τῇ αἰσθήσει καθάπερ ὁ γλυκὺς καὶ ὁ λιπαρός· καὶ γὰρ ἀποπιεζόμενος οὗτός γε ἐξ ἐνίων ῥεῖ καὶ χωρισμὸς ἔκ γε τῶν πλείστων οὕτως αὐτοῦ.

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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/.