# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.8.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.8.1

Ἴδιον δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς ἐλάας τὸ συμβαῖνον εἴπερ ἀληθές· λέγουσι γὰρ ὡς οὐδὲν πλεῖον ἴσχει τοὔλαιον μετ᾽ Ἀρκτοῦρον ἢ ὅσον λαμβάνει τοῦ θέρους· ἅμα δὲ καὶ ὁ πυρὴν τότε γίνεται σκληρὸς μεθ᾽ ὃν οὐκέτι δύνανται τὸ ὑγρὸν ἐξελαιοῦν. ὥστ᾽ εἰ μὲν τῷ φυσικῷ δεῖ πάθει καὶ συμπτώματι τὸν ὅρον λαμβάνειν τῷ πυρῆνι ληπτέον, εἰ δὲ τῇ ὥρᾳ τῇ τοῦ ἄστρου δύσει. τάχα δ᾽ ἄμφω συμβαίνει διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν τοῦ μὲν οἷον πεττομένου

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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.
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