# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.8.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.8.8

εἰ δ᾽ ἔνια κατ᾽ ἄλλην ὥραν διαιρετέον ἢ τὰς φύσεις ἑκάστων ἢ ποῖόν τι τὸ λιπαρὸν ἢ τὸν τρόπον τῆς γενέσεως· πλὴν εἰ χρονιζόμενα καθάπερ τὰ καρυώδη· ταῦτα γὰρ δύναμιν μὲν ἔχει καθάπερ ἐλέχθη τὴν δ᾽ ἐνέργειαν ὁ χρόνος ἀποδίδωσι τοῦ μὲν ὑδατώδους ἀπογινομένου τοῦ λιπαροῦ δὲ ξυνισταμένου καὶ πεττομένου. τῶν δὲ καὶ κομιδῆ ξηρά τις ἡ λιπαρότης εἰ μὴ ἄρα καὶ ἀντιπεριϊστάμενον τὸ θερμὸν ἔν τισιν ἐνδέχεται ταὐτὸ τοῦτο ποιεῖν.

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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/.