# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.13.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.13.8

εὔλογον δὲ καὶ τὰ μὴ κάρπιμα καὶ ὅλως τὰ νέα τῶν πρεσβυτέρων ἐπιβλαστικώτερα, καὶ τὰ ἐν ταῖς ὑγραῖς καὶ χειμερίοις χώραις. τὰ μὲν γὰρ κάρπιμα καὶ πρεσβύτερα ξηρότερα, τὰ μὲν εἰς τοὺς καρποὺς καταναλωκότα, τὰ δὲ καὶ τῇ φύσει τοιαῦτα. τὰ δὲ ἄκαρπα καὶ νέα καὶ ὑγρότητα ἔχει καὶ θερμότητα πλείω. πάλιν δὲ ὅπου μὲν οἱ τόποι χειμέριοι καὶ ὑγροὶ τυγχάνουσι καὶ ὁ ἀὴρ εὔπνους ἐνταῦθα καὶ τὰ μετοπωρινὰ γίνεται μακρὰ καὶ ὑγρὰ καὶ καλὰ· πολλάκις δὲ καὶ ὕδατα θερινὰ κατά γε τὰς πλείστας, ὥσθ᾽ ὑγροῦ τοῦ ἀέρος ὄντος ἐπιγινομένης θέρμης εὐβλαστότερα γίνεται καὶ εὐαυξῆ μᾶλλον·

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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/.