# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.4.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.4.6

ἰδιωτάτη δὲ βλάστησις ἡ ἐκ τῶν δακρύων οἷον τοῦ θ᾽ ἱπποσελίνου καὶ τοῦ κρίνου καὶ ἐνίων ἑτέρων· οὐκ ἄλογος δὲ ἀλλ᾽ ὁμολογουμένη τῇ ἐκ τῶν καυλῶν. οὐδὲν γὰρ ἕτερον ἀλλ᾽ ἢ ξυνηθροισμένην δεῖ εἶναι καὶ ἐν ἐκείνοις ἀρχὴν τὴν γόνιμον· οὐ γὰρ ἄνευ θερμότητος ἡ τοιαύτη καὶ ὑγρότητος. ὅτι δ᾽ οὐ πάντων οἱ ὀποὶ καὶ τὰ δάκρυα γεννητικὰ πρὸς τὰς ἐπάνω καὶ προτέρας αἰτίας ἀνακτέον. ὅτι δ᾽ οὐδ᾽ οἱ καυλοὶ οὐδ᾽ αἱ ῥίζαι, κατὰ λόγον δὲ καὶ τοῦτ᾽ ἐστὶν ὅπερ ἐλέχθη πρότερον, ὅτι πλείους αἱ γενέσεις καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἢ τῶν ἄλλων ῥᾴδιον γεννῆσαι τὰ ἀτελέστερα καὶ ἀπ᾽ ἐλάττονος ἀρχῆς. αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκ τῶν μορίων ὁποῖαι καὶ διὰ τίνας αἰτίας ἐκ τούτων θεωρείσθω. καὶ γὰρ εἴ τι παραλέλειπται προσθεῖναι καὶ συνιδεῖν οὐ χαλεπόν.

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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/.