# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.20.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.20.6

δῆλον δὲ ὡς, ὅσα τὴν φύσιν ἀσθενῆ, ταῦθ᾽ ἥκιστα ὑπερβλαστάνει, ἀλλὰ σύμμετρος αὐτῶν ἡ εὐβλαστία γίνεται πρὸς τὴν καρπογονίαν· δεῖ γὰρ μήθ᾽ ὑπερβλαστὲς μήτε κακοβλαστὲς εἶναι τὸ καρποτοκῆσον. ἡ δὲ συκῆ καὶ ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ τοιαύτη μάλιστα λαμβάνει τὸ ξύμμετρον διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν· δεῖ δὲ ἴσως καὶ χώραν εἶναι μὴ ἀγαθὴν, ἵνα μηδ᾽ ἐκ ταύτης ᾖ ὑπερβολὴ, διόπερ εἰς τὰς νήσους τὰ τοιαῦτα μᾶλλον ξυμβαίνει. κοινὸς δὲ ὁ λόγος περὶ πάντων τῶν ἀσθενῶν. τούτου μὲν οὖν ἐντεῦθεν τὸ αἴτιον ὑποληπτέον.

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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/.