# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.2.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.2.4

ἡ δὲ ἔκφυσις δῆλον ὅτι πανταχόθεν· πανταχοῦ γὰρ διαμένει μέχρι τινὸς ἡ ὑγρότης καὶ ἡ θερμότης διὰ τὸ μὴ εὐξήραντον εἶναι τῇ πυκνότητι τῶν πόρων, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ δυσδιάπνευστον. ὁ μὲν οὖν φοῖνιξ διὰ ταῦτα πλεοναχῶς γίνεται. τῶν δὲ ἄλλων τῶν μονοφυῶν οὐδὲν διὰ τὸ μὴ τοιαύτην ἔχειν τὴν φύσιν.

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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/.