# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 2.1.6

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 2, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/2.1.6

Ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἐὰν μὴ καθ' ὥραν ἔτους αἱ βλαστήσεις ὦσιν ἀλλὰ προεκδραμῶσιν δι' εὐτροφίαν καὶ ἄνεσιν τοῦ ἀέρος ἐπιγινόμενα ψύχη διελυμήνατο καὶ ἀπέκαυσεν δι' ὃ καὶ ὀπισθοχειμῶνες χαλεποὶ τοῖς δένδροις· ὅταν γὰρ ἅπαξ ἐκτέκωσιν εὐθὺς οἱ καρποὶ μαλακοῦ τινος ἀέρος δέονται καὶ εὐμενοῦς εἰς τὴν ἐκτροφὴν καὶ μάλιστ' ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς· τότε γὰρ ἀσθενέστατοι, τὸ δὲ ἀσθενὲς οἷον τιθηνήσεως δεῖται· καὶ γὰρ ὅλως πᾶσα μεταβολὴ καὶ γένεσις δεῖται τῆς τοιαύτης εὐκρασίας.

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Theophrastus Phil., De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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