# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 5.15.5

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 5, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/5.15.5

Φθοραὶ δὲ καὶ ἄλλοις ὑπ' ἄλλων εἰσὶν ἴδιαι καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ἐλάττοσιν· καὶ γὰρ ἡ ὀροβάγχη καλουμένη φθείρει τὸν ὄροβον τῷ περιπλέκεσθαι καὶ καταλαμβάνειν καὶ τὸ λειμόδωρον τὸ βούκερας εὐθὺς τῇ ῥίζῃ παραφυόμενον καὶ ἄλλα δ' ἄλλων. Καὶ ὅσα δὴ συγγεννᾶται καθ' ἕκαστον σπέρμα οἷον αἶρα καὶ αἰγίλωψ καὶ πυροῖς καὶ κριθαῖς καὶ ἀπαρίνη φακοῖς καὶ ἕτερα δ' ἑτέροις· ἅπαντα δὲ τῷ τὰς τροφὰς ἀφαιρεῖσθαι τάς τε ἐκ τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου καὶ τοῦ ἀέρος. Καὶ τούτων μὲν σχεδὸν φανεραί τινες αἱ αἰτίαι.

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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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