# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.3.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.3.3

ὅσα δὲ καὶ ἀπὸ ξύλων ἔμβια καὶ δύναται βλαστάνειν, οἷον ἐλάα μύρρινος κότινος, καὶ αὐτὰ τῇ πυκνότητι καθάπερ ἐλέχθη τηρεῖ τὴν ζωτικὴν ἀρχὴν ἔχοντά τινα ὑγρότητα τοιαύτην. οὐ γὰρ ἱκανὸν ἐὰν ᾖ πυκνόν γε, εἰ ξηρὸν καὶ ἀπαράβλαστον· ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἡ παραβλάστησις τῶν τοιούτων διὰ τὸ πρεμνώδη καὶ συνεστραμμένην πως εἶναι τὴν ῥίζαν ὥσπερ καὶ τῆς δάφνης. ἰσχύει γὰρ μᾶλλον ᾗ καὶ δυσώλεθρα τὰ τοιαῦτα· τὸ γὰρ καταλειπόμενον ἀεὶ βλαστητικόν· τῶν δὲ μακρορρίζων διὰ τὴν τῶν ῥιζῶν ἰσχὺν ὥσπερ ἀπίου καὶ κοκκυμηλέας καὶ ἑτέρων.

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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/.