# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.19.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.19.5

ὃ καὶ τοῦ θέρους καὶ τοῦ χειμῶνος συμβαίνει γιγνομένων ὑδάτων ἐκ Διὸς καὶ βρεχομένων τοῖς ναματιαίοις ἐν ὁρμῇ τῆς αὐξήσεως οὔσης. ἐκσαρκοῦνται γὰρ καὶ ἀπολλύασι τὸ ἔλαιον διὰ τὴν πολυτροφίαν ἂν μὴ μετὰ ταῦτα αἰθρίαι γινόμεναι καταξηράνωσιν, οὕτω δὲ σώζεται καὶ πληθύει μᾶλλον. ὅπερ ἤδη καὶ πρότερον πολλάκις γέγονε καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον ἤδη ἐπ᾽ ἄρχοντος Νικοδώρου, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἡ ῥύσις ἐγένετο καλλίων, ἐκ γὰρ τῶν ἡμίσεων ἡ αὐτή. τὰς μὲν πέψεις ὅτι πρὸς τὴν χρείαν τὴν ἡμετέραν εὑρίσκομεν ἐκ τούτων καὶ ἐκ τῶν πρότερον δῆλον ἐν οἷς ὑπὲρ τῶν ἀγρίων εἴπομεν.

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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/.