# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.17.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.17.8

χρὴ δὲ λαμβάνειν ἕκαστα ὥσπερ τῶν εἰρημένων ἐὰν μή τις ᾖ κώλυσις. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἓν τούτων κύριον ἐπενεγκεῖν οὔτε πρωϊκαρπίαν οὔτε ὀψικαρπίαν οὐδέ γε πλείω ἢ πάντα, ἐὰν ἕτερ᾽ ἄττα ἐναντιώτατα. λέγω δ᾽ οἷον ἔνια γυμνόκαρπα μὲν, ὄψια δὲ, καθάπερ μίλαξ καὶ ἄλλ᾽ ἄττα βοτρυώδη. τὰ δὲ πρὸς τῷ ὀψίῳ καὶ κατὰ μέρος πεπαίνεται καθάπερ ὁ βάτος. τούτων γὰρ τὰ μὲν, ὅτι ψυχρὰ τῇ φύσει, ὀψίκαρπα καὶ ὀψιβλαστῆ, ὅσα δὲ γυμνὰ καὶ ἀκέλυφα οὐχ ἱκανὰ περιλαμβανόμενα τῇ ὥρᾳ· τὰ δ᾽ ὅτι ξηρὰ τῇ φύσει· πᾶν δὲ τὸ ξηρὸν ἰκμάδος δεῖται καὶ πρὸς τροφὴν καὶ πρὸς πέψιν·

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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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