# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.17.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.17.2

ἡ γὰρ ὀψιότης ἐποίησεν ἀθροισμὸν, ὅθεν αἵ τε βλαστήσεις ἀθρόαι καὶ μετὰ φορᾶς γίνονται νεανικῆς ὥστε καὶ ψόφον ποιεῖν καθάπερ τινές φασι καὶ αἱ πέψεις ταχεῖαι· παρόμοιον γὰρ τὸ συμβαῖνον ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖς σίτοις ὑπὸ τῶν χειμώνων κατεχομένοις· ἀνεθέντες γὰρ οὕτω ταχείας ποιοῦνται τὰς αὐξήσεις ὥστε μὴ πολὺ καθυστερεῖν ἢ μὴ κατὰ λόγον τοῖς εὐδιεινοῖς.

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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.
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