# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.14.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.14.3

αἱ δὲ πεπάνσεις τῶν καρπῶν οὐ κατὰ τὰς βλαστήσεις γίνονται· βλαστάνει γὰρ τά γε πολλὰ σύνεγγυς αὐτοῖς κατὰ μίαν ὡς εἰπεῖν ὥραν· τοῦ δὲ πεπαίνειν τοὺς καρποὺς πολλοῖς χρόνοις ὕστερον ἐκείνην τὴν αἰτίαν ὑποληπτέον, ὅτι τὰ μὲν τῶν φύλλων καὶ βλαστῶν εὐκινητότερα καὶ ῥᾴονα σωματικωτέραν ἔχοντα καὶ περιττωματικὴν τὴν ὕλην, οἱ δὲ καρποὶ καθαρωτέραν καὶ μάλιστα δὴ τῶν χυλῶν αὐτῶν· αὕτη δ᾽ ἡ τῶν καρπῶν πέπανσις εἰς ἣν πλείονος δεῖται καὶ δυνάμεως καὶ κατεργασίας·

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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/.