Ancient Greek · ~2 min
Book 4, Chapter 7
Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.7.4
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Καὶ τὰ μὲν τοιαῦτα σχεδὸν ὥσπερ γεωργικά· τὰ δὲ αὖ τῆς φύσεως οἷον ὅτι τῶν μὲν χεδροπῶν ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ μέρους ἥ τε ῥίζα καὶ ὁ καυλὸς ἐκβλαστάνει καὶ τὸ μὲν εὐθὺς ἄνω τὸ δὲ κάτω νεύει καὶ ὁρμᾷ, πυροῦ δὲ καὶ κριθῆς καὶ ὅλως τῶν σιτωδῶν ἐξ ἑκατέρων τῶν ἄκρων, ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ παχέος ᾗ πρὸς τῷ στάχυϊ προσπέφυκεν ἡ ῥίζα, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ λεπτοῦ ὅθεν ὁ ἀθὴρ ὁ καυλὸς, ὡς ὂν ἑκάτερον ἀνὰ λόγον τὸ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἄνω τὸ δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ κάτω, καὶ γὰρ ἡ ῥίζα καὶ ὁ καυλὸς οὕτω.