# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.10.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.10.2

οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ δεῖ καὶ τοῖς καθέκαστα πειρᾶσθαι διαιρεῖν· ἔνια μὲν γὰρ εὐβλαστῆ καὶ ἡ βλάστησις δι᾽ ἰσχὺν καὶ πολυτροφίαν ὥσπερ ἀμυγδαλῆ ῥοιά καὶ ὅλως τὰ ἄγρια μᾶλλον τῶν ἡμέρων. ἔνια δὲ δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν ὥσπερ τὰ ποιώδη καὶ ἐπέτεια· καὶ γὰρ ἀνθεῖ πολλὰ τούτων κατὰ χειμῶνα καθάπερ καὶ ἡ ἀνεμώνη· φαίνεται δὲ οὐδ᾽ ἡ μηλέα προανθεῖν δι᾽ ἰσχὺν, ἀλλὰ δι᾽ ἄλλην αἰτίαν. ἑκάτερα δ᾽ εὐλόγως πρωϊβλαστεῖ καὶ τὰ ἰσχυρὰ καὶ τὰ ἀσθενῆ· τὰ μὲν γὰρ τῇ δυνάμει καὶ τῷ πλήθει προωθεῖ, τὰ δὲ ὑπὸ μικρῶν εὐκίνητα τῶν κατὰ τῶν ἀέρα.

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Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, ed. Friedrich Wimmer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.