# Περὶ πυρός 2.16

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/2.16

καὶ τὰ ἐκ τῆς γῆς ὕδατα θερμότερα τοῦ χειμῶνος ἢ τοῦ θέρους διὰ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν· ἔνια γὰρ καὶ ἀναζεῖ μᾶλλον. τὸ δὲ θερμαινόμενον ὕδωρ οὐχ ὁμοίως ὑπερζεῖ καὶ τοῦ θέρους, μᾶλλον θερμαινόμενον ὡς εἰπεῖν, ὅτι τὸ ὑπερζεῖν ἐστὶν ἀναβολὴ τῶν πομφολύγων· αὗται δ᾽ οὐχ ὁμοίως αἴρεσθαι δύνανται διὰ τὴν ψυχρότητα τοῦ περιέχοντος ἀέρος· θλίβει γὰρ οὗτος καὶ ὥσπερ ἐπικόπτει, διὸ καὶ ταχὺ συμπίπτουσι καὶ ἅμα τῷ τε πλήθει καὶ τοῖς ὄγκοις ἐλάττους γίνονται· τοῦ θέρους δ᾽ ἀνάπαλιν.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, 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.tlg005.local001/.