# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.2.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.2.1

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ μάλιστ᾽ ἢ μόνος τῶν ξηρῶν καὶ μονοφυῶν καὶ ἀπαραβλάστων ὁ φοῖνιξ δέχεται καὶ ἑτέρας γενέσεις παρὰ τὴν σπερματικήν. τάς τε γὰρ ῥάβδους φασὶ μοσχεύειν περὶ Βαβυλῶνα τὰς ἁπαλωτάτας καὶ ὅταν ἐμβιώσωσι μεταφυτεύουσι· καὶ ἐν τοῖς περὶ τὴν Ἑλλάδα τόποις ἐὰν ἀποκόψας τις τἄνω φυτεύσῃ ῥιζοῦσθαι. καὶ βλαστάνειν οὐκ ἀπὸ τοῦ ἐγκεφάλου μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ κάτωθεν αὔξειν τὰς ῥίζας. ἔτι δὲ ἂν πλάγιος τεθῇ καὶ ἔνικμος ἡ γῆ τυγχάνῃ πολλαχόθεν ῥιζοφυεῖν καὶ ἐκβλαστάνειν, οὐ μέντοι μέγεθος τοῦτο λαμβάνειν.

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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/.