# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.7.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.7.4

οἱ δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμοίως ἔνδηλοι καθάπερ ὁ οἰνώδης ἐν τῷ μύρτῳ· ἔτι δ᾽ ἧττον ὁ λιπαρός· ἔχει γὰρ καὶ τοιοῦτον ὃς ἐφίσταται τῷ οἴνῳ σακκιζομένῳ καὶ ἀφαιροῦσιν αὐτὸν καὶ κάουσιν ἐπὶ τῶν λύχνων. ἀκρατέστεροι δὲ πάντες γίνονται χωρισθέντες τῶν περικαρπίων καὶ ὅσοι δὲ χρονίζονται μᾶλλον. τότε γὰρ ἥ τε τοῦ ὑδατώδους ἀποπνοὴ καὶ ἡ τοῦ γεώδους ὑπόστασις καὶ τὸ ὅλον ἡ τοῦ θερμοῦ τοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ δύναμις· ἐπεὶ καὶ ἀφαιρεθέντων τῶν καρπῶν ἐν αὐτοῖς τούτοις ἀλλοιοῦνται καὶ τά γε κάρυα καὶ ὅσα γε τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον ἐλαιώδη χρονιζόμενα μᾶλλον ἐξελαιοῦται διὰ τὰς εἰρημένας αἰτίας.

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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/.