# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 3.13.2

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 3, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/3.13.2

τὴν γὰρ τομὴν ταύτην οὐ καρποῦ χάριν ἀλλὰ βλαστοῦ γίνεσθαι, τὴν δὲ μετοπωρινὴν καρποῦ δι' ὅπερ ἐκείνην ποιητέον εὐθὺ μετὰ πλειάδος δύσιν· τοτὲ γὰρ εἶναι συνεστηκότα τε μάλιστα καὶ ἥκιστα τεμνόμενα δακρυρροεῖν καὶ ῥήγνυσθαι. Μεθ' ἡλίου δὲ τροπὰς καὶ μετὰ ζεφύρου πνοὰς ἀμφότερα πάσχειν ταῦτα τεμνόμενα καὶ τό τε φυτὸν πονεῖν καὶ τὸν βλαστὸν ἐξ ἄκρου φύεσθαι πρὸς τῇ τομῇ διὰ τὸ τὴν τροφὴν τὴν μὲν ἐξερρυηκέναι τὴν δ' ἐν τοῖς ἄκροις καταλελεῖφθαι.

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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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