# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.12.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.12.9

ἔχουσι γὰρ δή τινας οἱ κλάδοι καὶ οἱ ἀκρεμόνες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀρχὰς ζωτικὰς, αἳ διαθερμαινόμεναι τῇ ὥρᾳ προΐενται τοὺς βλαστοὺς καὶ μὴ ῥιζουμένων τῶν κάτω· τοῦτο δὲ μάλιστα φανερὸν ἐν τοῖς ἀφαιρουμένοις φυτοῖς τῶν ἀμπέλων τε καὶ ἑτέρων καὶ συντιθεμένοις ἐν πίθοις· προβλαστάνουσι γὰρ οἱ βλαστοὶ τῆς ὥρας καθηκούσης· ὁτὲ δὲ καὶ τὰ πηγνύμενα κλήματα καὶ κράδαι καὶ χάρακες ἐκ τῶν ἄνωθεν ἐβλάστησαν ὅσον εἰς ἀρχὴν, κάτωθεν δὲ οὐκ ἐρριζώθησαν, ὡς ἔχοντα μὲν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἤδη τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς δυνάμεις, τροφῆς δὲ δεόμενα μετὰ τὸν τόκον ἧς μὴ γινομένης καταξηραίνεται.

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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/.