# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.4.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.4.5

δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τὰ σκόρδα διαιροῦσιν εἰς τὰς γέλγεις καὶ τῶν κρομύων ἀφαιροῦσι τάς τε ῥίζας τὰς κάτω καὶ τὰ κελύφη. ταῦτα γὰρ παρέχει πᾶν τὸ ἀλλότριον· ἀλλότριον δὲ τῷ ζῶντι τὸ μὴ ζῶν· ὥσπερ καὶ τῶν δένδρων τὰ ἀφαυαινόμενα. τῆς μὲν οὖν ἐλάας καὶ τῶν μυρρίνων οὐ δεῖ περιαιρεῖν τὸν φλοιόν· ἀποστέγει γὰρ καὶ τηρεῖ τὴν ζωήν· τῶν δὲ κρομύων καὶ σκόρδων δεῖ, δεῖ δὲ μὴ τοὺς ζῶντας μηδὲ τοὺς κυρίους ἀφαιρεῖν· ἐπεὶ κἀκείνων εἴ τις ἀφαιροίη τούτους οὐ βλαστάνει.

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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/.