# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.10.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.10.3

μέγα δὲ καὶ ὑγρότης καὶ μαλακότης εἰς τὸ προϊέναι ὥσπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς πρώτης φύσεως ἐλέχθη· τὸ γὰρ ξηρὸν καὶ πυκνὸν οὐτ᾽ εὐδίοδον ὁμοίως οὐθ᾽ ὕλης ἔχει πλῆθος. ὅσα δὲ ἐν ταῖς ἐναντίαις ὥραις ἐκβλαστάνει τούτων αἰτιῶνταί τινες τὴν ψυχρότητα καὶ θερμότητα· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ψυχρὰ τοῦ θέρους, τὰ δὲ θερμὰ τοῦ χειμῶνος βλαστάνειν, ὥστε ἑκατέραν τὴν φύσιν σύμμετρον εἶναι πρὸς ἑκατέραν τῶν ὡρῶν. οὕτω γὰρ οἴεται καὶ Κλείδημος· οὐ κακῶς μὲν οὖν ἴσως οὐδὲ τοῦτο λέγεται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὴν ὀλιγότητα καὶ τὴν ἀσθένειαν καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο συναίτιον προστιθέναι καθάπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λαχανωδῶν ὁρῶμεν.

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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.
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