# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.4.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.4.1

Τούτων δὲ τὰς μὲν γενέσεις ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν θεωρητέον κοινοτάτην πᾶσι τὴν ἀπὸ σπέρματος τιθέντας. οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ πλείους εἰσὶ καὶ τούτων, ᾗ δὲ ἕκαστα τῶν προειρημένων ἐφάπτεται ταύτῃ διαιρετέον· οἷον καὶ ὑπὲρ ἧς νῦν λέγομεν τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιζῶν. ἔνια γὰρ καὶ αὐτόματα βλαστάνει καὶ φυτεύουσιν ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιζῶν, ὥσπερ τὰ κεφαλόρριζα καὶ ὅλως ὧν παχεῖα καὶ σαρκώδης ἐστὶν ἡ ῥίζα. δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸ μὲν ὑδατῶδες μὴ πλεῖον ἔχειν ὥσπερ τῆς γογγυλίδος καὶ ῥαφανίδος· εὐξήραντοι γὰρ αὗται καὶ ἀσθενεῖς εἰς διαμονήν. ἀλλ᾽ ἤτοι χιτῶνας ἔχειν πλείους καὶ ἅμα γλισχρότητά τινα καθάπερ αἱ τοῦ βολβοῦ καὶ σκίλλης καὶ ὅλως εὔχυλόν τινα καὶ εὔσαρκον εἶναι καθάπερ αἱ τοῦ ἀμαράκου τοῦ χλωροῦ καὶ τοῦ λειρίου καὶ τῶν ὁμοειδῶν.

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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/.