# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.3.2

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 4, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/4.3.2

Ἡ δὲ τῶν τευτλίων ἀνωμαλία τῷ τὰ μὲν ὕστερον μηνὶ ἐκβλαστάνειν τὰ δὲ δυοῖν τὰ δὲ πλείοσι τὰ δὲ καὶ ἐνιαυτῷ σημαίνειν ἔοικε τῶν σπερμάτων αὐτῶν ἀτεραμνότητά τινα πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν. Τὰ δὲ θερινὰ σπειρόμενα δῆλον ὡς δι' ἀσθένειαν· δι' ὃ ταχύ τε παραγίνεται καὶ ταύτην τὴν ὥραν φύεται φέρειν οὐ δυνάμενα τὸν χειμῶνα, τὰ μὲν ὄντα ξηρὰ καθάπερ καὶ τὸ ὤκιμον τὰ δ' ὑγρὰ καὶ ψυχρὰ καθάπερ ὁ σίκυος καὶ ἡ ἀνδράχνη. Θαυμαστὸν δ' ἂν δόξειε τὸ τοῦ ἀβροτόνου μάλιστα δι' ὅτι θερμὸν ὂν τὴν ἀλέαν διώκει· αἰτία δὲ ἡ ἀσθένεια· πρὸς ἄμφω γὰρ ἀσθενεῖ καὶ πρὸς τοὺς χειμῶνας καὶ πρὸς τὰ καύματα.

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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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