# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 5.12.10

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 5, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/5.12.10

Ἡ δὲ τοῦ πνεύματος φορὰ, καθ' ὃν ἂν γένηται τόπον, ἐπέκλυσεν οἷον ποταμός τις ῥυεὶς, ὥσπερ ἐν τοῖς λοιμοῖς δι' ὃ καὶ τὰ ἁπτόμενα καὶ τὰ σύνεγγυς ἀπαθῆ πολλάκις, ἐνίοτε δ' οὕτως εἰς ἀκριβὲς διῆλθεν, ὥστε τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ κλήματος ὀφθαλμῶν οἱ μὲν ὑγιεῖς, οἱ δὲ πεπηγότες εἰσίν· πολλάκις δὲ κεκρυμμένης ὑπὸ χιόνος ὅλης τῆς ἀμπέλου, γίνεται γὰρ τοῦτο ἐν τοῖς ψυχροῖς τόποις, ἐὰν λάβῃ γυμνὰ τὰ ἄκρα κλήματα, ταῦτα ἀπέκαυσε καὶ ἀπὸ τούτων διαδίδωσι πρὸς τὰς ῥίζας ... ὡστ' ἐνίοτε ζῆν·

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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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