# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.3.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.3.4

τάχα δὲ καθόλου περὶ πάντων ὧδε λεκτέον· πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι μετέωρα καὶ οὐ βαθύρριζα, ἢ εἰ καί τινα εἰς βάθος καθιᾶσιν ἀλλ᾽ ἐνίας καὶ ἐπιπολῆς. ἔπειθ᾽ ὅτι πάντων, ὅταν συρροῆς γενομένης συνθερμανθῇ τοῦτο καὶ πεφθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου καθάπερ κυῆσαν ἐκτέκῃ, καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀκρεμόνων οὕτω καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων οἱ βλαστοί. τούτων δὲ ὑποκειμένων κατὰ λόγον ἤδη τὸ παραβλαστάνειν. ἡ γὰρ ῥίζα μετέωρος οὖσα καὶ συρροὴν λαμβάνουσα ταύτην ἐκθερμαίνουσα καὶ πέττουσα μεθίησι τὸν βλαστὸν.

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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/.