# De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6) 5.3.2

Theophrastus, De causis plantarum (lib. 2-6), Book 5, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/de-causis-plantarum-lib-2-6/5.3.2

Αἴτιον δὲ τῆς παραλλαγῆς ὅτι τὸ χρῶμα τούτων τῶν βοτρύων οὔτε μέλαν οὔτε λευκόν ἐστιν ἀλλὰ καπνῶδες, ὅθεν καὶ τὴν προσηγορίαν ἔσχεν. Ἐὰν οὖν μικρά τις ἐναλλαγὴ γένηται δοκεῖ μεταβεβληκέναι τὴν χρόαν· οὐδ' ἕτερον δ' εἰλικρινὲς οὔτε τὸ μέλαν οὔτε τὸ λευκὸν ἔχει δι' ὃ καὶ ἐνίοτε τῶν βοτρύων ἑτερόχροοί τινες, οἱ μὲν εἰς τὸ λευκὸν, οἱ δ' εἰς τὸ μέλαν μᾶλλον ἀποκλίνοντες. Αἰτία δ' ἡ τροφὴ καὶ ἡ διάθεσις αὐτῆς τῆς ἀμπέλου.

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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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