# Περὶ πυρός 5.40

Theophrastus, Περὶ πυρός, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-3/5.40

Ἐὰν δὲ ὅλως ἐν ἑτερογενέσι τεθῇ τὸ θερμὸν οἷον ὑγρῷ καὶ ξηρῷ πλείων ἔτι γίνεται διαφορά· πολλὰ γὰρ οὐ δύναται ποιεῖν ἑκάτερον ὧν θάτερον οὐκ ἀσθενέστερον ἔχειν δοκοῦν τὸ θερμόν· οἷον τὸ ὕδωρ ζέον θερμότερον ὂν κατὰ τὴν ἁρὴν οὐχ ἧττον τῆς φλογὸς οὐ τήκει ταχύ· καὶ πάλιν τὸ πῦρ οὐ δύναται κατὰ μικρὸν ἐξάγειν τὸ ὑγρὸν οὐδὲ συνιέναι καὶ παχύνειν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὴν ξηρότητα πυκνοὺς τοὺς πόρους δείκννσιν ὥσπερ τὰ ὠά.

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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.
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