# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.2.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.2.2

ἐπὶ δὲ πεύκης καὶ ἐλάτης καὶ εἴ τι παραπλήσιον τούτοις οὐδὲν συμβαίνει τοιοῦτον οὐδ᾽ ἐπὶ κυπαρίσσου, πλὴν εἰ τί που καὶ παραβλαστάνει καθάπερ φασὶν ἐν Κρήτῃ περὶ τοὺς καλουμένους δρυΐτας· ἐνταῦθα γὰρ οὐδὲν ἄλογον ὥσπερ καὶ τὰς ἄλλας παραφυάδας ὑπορρίζους οὔσας καὶ ἐνύγρους καὶ ταύτας βλαστάνειν· ἐπεὶ εἴ γε μὴ ἦσαν ὑπόρριζοι χαλεπὸν ἢ ἀδύνατον. τοῦτο μὲν οὖν ὡς πρὸς ὑπόθεσιν λεγόμενον.

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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/.