# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.8.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.8.3

ἐνδέχεσθαι δὲ δοκεῖ καὶ φαίνεσθαι πλεῖον διὰ τὸ ὑδατῶδες καὶ τὴν ἀμόργην· ἐπεὶ ὅτι γε ἔχουσι τὸ ἔλαιον πρὸ τοῦ μελανθῆναι φανερὸν καὶ ὅτι καθαρώτερον καὶ λευκότερον· ἐκ γὰρ τῶν φαυλίων ὠμῶν τὸ λευκόν· τὸ δ᾽ ἐμφαίνειν τινὰ πικρότητα τῶν λευκῶν θλιβομένων οὐδὲν ἄτοπον εἰ ὕστερον ἐκπεφθεῖσα παύεται. τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκ ὀλιγότητος καὶ πλήθους σημεῖον ἀλλ᾽ ὅτι συναπολαύει τι τοῦ πέριξ ὁ χυλὸς ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν ἀγγείων. ὅτι δὲ οὐκ ἀναμένει τὴν τοῦ περικαρπίου πέψιν φανερόν· ῥεῖ γὰρ ἐκ τῶν λευκῶν. ὥστε οὐδὲ δυνάμει καὶ ἐνεργείᾳ διαιρεῖν ἐστιν ὅτι τὴν ὕλην ἐξ ἧς μέλλει πρότερον ἔχει.

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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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