# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.7.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.7.3

τῶν δὲ δὴ λοιπῶν καὶ τῇ αἰσθήσει φανερὰ τὰ προσόντα· καὶ τά γε δὴ τῶν σαρκωδῶν ὡσπερεὶ γαλακτοῦται διαβλαστανόντων. σχεδὸν δὲ ὁμολογούμενον τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων ἐστίν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐν τούτοις ἅπαν τὸ κατὰ πρόεσιν σπέρμα καθαρὸν καὶ εἰλικρινὲς ὑποληπτέον. ὅσα δὲ ξυλώδη καὶ πυρηνώδη περίκειταί τισι φυλακῆς χάριν οἰητέον ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ δερματικὰ καὶ ὑμενώδη· πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα πρὸς τὴν σωτηρίαν ἐστίν· ὑγρὰ γὰρ ἡ ἀρχὴ δυνάμει πάντων.

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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.
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