# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.4.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.4.4

αὗται μὲν οὖν κοιναὶ πλειόνων. αἱ δὲ τοιαῦται καὶ σπάνιαι καὶ ἐλάττους ὥσπερ τῆς κρινωνίας καὶ ῥοδωνίας καὶ ὁ καυλὸς ὁ σχισθεὶς φύεται καὶ βλαστάνει. ταῦτα δὲ ὅμοια καὶ παραπλήσια καὶ τὰ τῆς ἐλάας καὶ εἴ τι ἄλλο βλαστητικὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου. δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν πίπτει· δύναται γὰρ διατηρεῖν τὴν ὑγρότητα καὶ θερμότητα τὴν γόνιμον. καὶ τό τε κατακόπτειν καὶ κατασχίζειν εὔλογον· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ ἐλάττονος καὶ ἀνεωγμένου θᾶττον ἡ ἀρχὴ καὶ εὐκολωτέρα· τὸ δὲ μέγα καὶ συμπεπτωκὸς οὐχ ὁμοίως παθητικὸν οὐδὲ βλαστητικόν.

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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/.