# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 6.9.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 6, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/6.9.4

ὡς ἐπὶ πᾶν δὲ τά γ᾽ εὔοσμα πάντα πικρά· τούτου μὲν οὖν τὴν αἰτίαν ὕστερον λεκτέον. ἔοικε δὲ δυοῖν ὄντοιν ἐναντίων οἷον τοῦ τε γλυκέος καὶ πικροῦ τὸ μὲν οἷον εὐχυλίας ἀρχὴ τὸ δ᾽ εὐοσμίας εἶναι καὶ τρόπον τινὰ μᾶλλον τὸ πικρὸν τῆς εὐοσμίας. εὔοσμον γὰρ ἔργον λαβεῖν μὴ πικρὸν εὔχυμα δὲ πολλὰ καὶ μὴ γλυκέα. σχεδὸν δὲ ταῦτα καὶ ὀσμώδη κατὰ τὴν γεῦσιν καὶ τὴν πρόσφοραν ἡ δὲ γλυκύτης σπανίως καὶ ἥκιστα εὔοσμον ὡς οὐ μιγνυμένων ἅμα τοῦ γλυκέος καὶ εὐόσμου· καίτοι ἄμφω γε διὰ πέψεως. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων ὕστερον.

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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/.