# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.10.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.10.4

ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀνδράχνη καὶ ὁ σίκυος καὶ ὅλως τὰ τοιαῦτα κάθυγρα καὶ ψυχρά· τὸ δ᾽ ὤκιμον ξηρὸν καὶ ξυλῶδες· ἀλλ᾽ ὅμως οὐ δύναται πρὸ τῶν θερμημεριῶν βλαστάνειν εἴς γε διαμονὴν καὶ τελέωσιν· αἴτιον δ᾽ ἡ ἀσθένεια καθάπερ καὶ τῆς σικύας καλουμένης. αὕτη γὰρ δένδρου ὕψος λαμβάνουσα καὶ σχιζομένη τοῖς κλωσὶν ὥσπερ ἡ ἀναδενδρὰς ὅμως ἐπικηρόν τε καὶ οὐ δύναται πρὸ τῶν θερινῶν ἀλλὰ δεῖται πορρωτέρω τῆς ὥρας παρατείνειν πρὸς τὸ μετόπωρον.

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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/.