# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.4.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/4.4.9

Τὴν δὲ τοῦ σπέρματος φθορὰν οὐδεμίαν τῶν εἰρημένων ὑποληπτέον, σῆψιν ἢ γαλάκτωσιν, ἀλλ' ἑτέραν ἣ γίνεται διὰ πλῆθος τῆς τροφῆς ἐκτηκομένων· αὕτη δὲ τὸ μὲν ὅλον οὐκ ἀπόλλυσι μεθίστησι δὲ εἰς ἕτερον ἐπικρατοῦσα πως τῆς ἀρχῆς. Τὸ δὲ συμβαῖνον ὅμοιον τρόπον τινὰ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων ὡς κατ' ἀναλογίαν ἂν τὸ θῆλυ κρατήσῃ τοῦ ἄρρενος ἢ καὶ ἔτι μείζων ἐναλλαγὴ γένηται πρὸς τὸ παρὰ φύσιν.

---

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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg014.local001/.