# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 4.9.4

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 4, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/4.9.4

Διὰ δὴ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν οὐκ ἀλόγως μὲν ἔχει δοκεῖ δὲ τῇ παραλλαγῇ· ὡς δὲ [ἁπλῶς] εἰπεῖν τύπῳ πρὸς βαρύτητα καὶ κουφότητα τροφῆς καὶ ἡμῖν καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις τῆς κατὰ φύσιν ἑκάστοις οἰκείας αἱ χῶραι καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ ποιεῖ τὰς διαφοράς· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἐκ τῶν εὐείλων καὶ εὔπνων καὶ λεπτογείων κουφότατα· τὰ δ' ἐκ τῶν ψυχρῶν καὶ ἐπόμβρων βαρύτερα διὰ τὸ πλείω τροφὴν καὶ ἰσχυροτέραν ἔχειν.

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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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