# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.8.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.8.7

τὰ ὕδατα δὲ τὰ ἐκ διὸς γινόμενα καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῶν ὀχετῶν ἄρδοντα τὴν σάρκα πληθύει καθάπερ εἴρηται τὸ δ᾽ ἔλαιον ἄμικτον ὥσπερ καὶ ὅταν τοῦ περικαρπίου χωρισθῇ. ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ δὲ τὸ μὲν τῶν αἰγυπτίων καλουμένων ἐλαῶν γένος τῶν πολυσάρκων τε καὶ μεγάλων ἀνέλαιόν ἐστι θάτερον δ᾽ ἐλαιῶδες· πολλὰ γὰρ εἴδη ὥσπερ ἐν ταῖς ἱστορίαις εἴρηται. περὶ μὲν οὖν τῆς τοῦ ἐλαίου γενέσεως τοιαύτην τιν᾽ ὑποληπτέον τὴν αἰτίαν. περὶ δὲ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν λιπαρῶν περὶ τούτου συμφωνεῖται ἐκ πάντων.

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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/.