# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.14.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.14.4

ἔτι δὲ μεγάλας εὐθὺς διαφορὰς ἔχουσιν οἱ καρποὶ τῷ ξυλώδεις ἢ γεώδεις ἢ ξηροὶ ἢ λιπαροὶ τὴν φύσιν εἶναι· δυσκατεργαστότεροι γὰρ οἱ τοιοῦτοι, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ προανθοῦντα ἔνια τὸν καρπὸν ἔχει πολὺν χρόνον ὥσπερ ἀμυγδαλῆ· δυσκατάπεπτος γὰρ ὁ ξυλώδης· τὸ δ᾽ ἄνθος ὠθεῖ διὰ τὴν πρότερον λεχθεῖσαν αἰτίαν, εἴπερ βούλονται πάντα ταῦτα συμμετρίαν τινὰ ἔχειν καὶ τάξιν. ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν ἀνθῶν ὅσα μετὰ σωματικῶν ὄγκων, ὀψιαίτερόν τι γίνεται καθάπερ τὸ τῆς ῥόας· ἐν γὰρ τῷ κυτίνῳ τὸ ἄνθος.

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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/.