# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.7.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.7.6

συμβαίνει δὲ τῷ οἴνῳ τὴν ἐκστατικὴν ταύτην ποιεῖσθαι φθορὰν ἐξ οὗπερ καὶ ἡ φυσικὴ γένεσις· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ ὀξέος καὶ εἰς τὸ ὀξὺ καθάπερ εἰς τὴν ὕλην ἀναλυόμενον μεταβάλλει. καὶ ἀποκαθίστασθαι πάλιν συμβαίνει μὲν ὡσαύτως σπανίως δὲ καὶ μάλισθ᾽ ὅταν ἢ θαλαττωθῇ ἢ ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ ἄστρου ἐπιτολῆς παρακινήσῃ· καὶ γὰρ τότε παραπλήσιον τὸ πάθος ἂν μὴ γένηται σφοδρόν· ἀλλ᾽ ὑπὲρ μὲν τῶν τοιούτων ἐν τοῖς ἑπομένοις οἰκειότερον ἐπελθεῖν.

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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/.