# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.12.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.12.6

ἡ δ᾽ ὑπὸ τοῦ ψύχους κώλυσις τῆς βλαστήσεως ἀληθὴς μὲν οὐκ ἔτι δὲ ποιεῖ μερισμὸν φυσικόν. ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἐν συμβαίνοντι τὸ προσαύξεσθαι τὰς ῥίζας· ὃ καὶ καθηκούσης ἐνίοτέ γε γίνεται τῆς ὥρας ὅταν ἀντικόψῃ ὁ χειμών· ἡ μὲν γὰρ βλάστησις κατέχεται, τὸ δὲ τῶν ῥιζῶν οὐ κωλύεται διὰ τὴν ἀλέαν ὅταν ἤδη προορμώμεναι τύχωσιν εἰς ἔκφυσιν καὶ αὔξησιν ἔρχεσθαι. ἀλλὰ τοῦτο οὐ τῆς φύσεως θετέον ὃ διακωλύειν ποτὲ συμβαίνει τι τῶν ἐκτὸς, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσα τῇ ὁρμῇ γίνεται τῇ αὐτῆς.

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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/.