# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.8.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.8.4

τίς οὖν ἡ αἰτία καὶ τίς ὁ τρόπος εἴπερ ἀληθὲς ἢ ἁπλῶς ἢ ὡς βραχεῖ τινι πλέον; ἀμφότερα γὰρ ἄλογα μεῖζον δὲ θάτερον. ἢ πρῶτον μὲν οὐχ ἡ αὐτὴ πέψις τοῦ τε χυλοῦ καὶ τοῦ περικαρπίου πρὸς ἐδωδήν· τὸ μὲν γὰρ δεῖ προσφιλὲς εἶναι τῇ γεύσει τοῦτο δ᾽ ἐν ἀλλοιώσει τοῦ γεώδους, ὡς δ᾽ ἔνιοί φασι σήψει, καὶ γὰρ ἡ δρυπεπὴς ἐν σήψει· τὸ δ᾽ ἔλαιον αὐτῇ τῇ τοῦ χυλοῦ μεταβολῇ· τοῦτο δ᾽ ὅσῳ χαλεπώτερον οὐκ ἄλογον ὑπὸ τοῦ πλείονος θερμοῦ δημιουργεῖσθαι καὶ εὐθὺς ἀναπομίκτῳ χυλῷ τῷ γεώδει καὶ ὑδατώδει.

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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/.