# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.13.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.13.1

Ζητήσειε δ᾽ ἄν τις ἐκ τῶν μικρῷ πρότερον εἰρημένων πότερον τὰ δένδρα κατὰ χειμῶνα κύει πρὸς καρπογονίαν, τοῦ δ᾽ ἦρος ἀποτίκτει καὶ τοῦθ᾽ οἷον περίοδός ἐστι χρόνοις ὡρισμένοις καθάπερ τοῖς ζώοις ἢ διὰ τὴν ἔνδειαν τῆς τροφῆς συμβαίνει καὶ διὰ τὴν ψυχρότητα τοῦ ἀέρος. εἰ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς εὐδιεινοῖς καὶ μαλακοῖς αἰεὶ βλαστάνουσιν οὐκ ἂν εἴη τεταγμένη τοῖς χρόνοις ἡ κύησις, εἰ δὲ μὴ οὔτι γε ταύταις ταῖς ὥραις ὡς ὅλον ἅμα βλαστάνειν πάλιν καὶ εἴ τι τὸ ὀργῶν ἀποτίκτειν.

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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/.