# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.17.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.17.4

αὐτῶν μὲν οὖν τούτων σχεδὸν ἐν τούτοις αἱ αἰτίαι τοῦ πρότερον καὶ ὕστερον. οὐ μὴν καθόλου τῶν δένδρων ἐστὶ τὸ πρώϊον. πολλαὶ γὰρ διαφοραὶ καὶ ἀμπέλων καὶ συκῶν ὥστ᾽ ἐνίων πόρρω πάνυ πεπαίνεσθαι, δι᾽ ὅπερ ἴσως τὰς καθόλου λεκτέον αἰτίας. πρωΐκαρπα μὲν ὅσα μήτε κάθυγρα μήτε ψυχρὰ τοῖς ὀποῖς, ἔτι δὲ γυμνὰ ἢ λεπτοῖς ὑμέσι περιεχόμενα καὶ τὴν πέψιν ἔχοντα τῶν χυλῶν ὑδαρῆ καὶ μὴ παχεῖαν·

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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/.