# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.20.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.20.5

συμβαίνει δὲ, ὅταν εὐβλαστῶσι ἄγαν, ἀκαρπεῖν μᾶλλον, ὅταν δ᾽ εὐκαρπῶσιν, ἀβλαστεῖν ὡς οὐ δυναμένης εἰς ἄμφω διήκειν τῆς φύσεως, ἀλλὰ καὶ καταναλισκούσης θάτερον πρὸς θάτερον. ἴδιον δὲ τὸ ἐπὶ τῆς συκῆς καὶ τῶν λευκῶν ἀμπέλων συμβαῖνον, ὥς τινές φασι· ταῦτα γὰρ ὅταν εὐβλαστῶσι τότε μάλιστα εὐκαρπεῖ. εἰ δὲ τοῦτό ἐστι καὶ τὸ πρότερον εἰρημένον ἀληθές· ἡ γὰρ εὐβλάστεια ἀφαιρεῖται τοὺς καρπούς· γίνεται δὲ τοῦτο μάλιστα χώρας ἀρετῇ καὶ ἰσχύϊ τῶν δένδρων· ἐν γῇ μὲν γὰρ ἀφθόνῳ τάδε ἑλκῦσαι δεινὰ διὰ τὴν ἰσχὺν, ὥσπερ ἡ ἀμυγδαλῆ καὶ ἡ ῥόα.

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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/.