# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.8.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.8.1

Εὐβλαστῆ δὲ καὶ εὐαυξῆ τὰ ἐκ τῶν φυτευμάτων μᾶλλον ἢ ἐκ τῶν σπερμάτων εὐλόγως, ἄλλως τε καὶ ὑπόρριζ᾽ ἂν ληφθῇ· προϋπάρχει γὰρ πολλὰ τῶν μορίων ἃ δεῖται μόνον τροφῆς· τῶν δ᾽ ἐκ τῶν σπερμάτων ἅπαντα ταῦτα ἀνάγκη γεννᾶσθαι πρῶτον ἔπειθ᾽ οὕτως αὐξηθῆναι. τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ὅσα ῥιζοφυῆ τυγχάνει καθάπερ τὰ κεφαλόρριζα. καὶ γὰρ ἐν τούτοις προΐσταται τῆς φύσεως ἐξ ὧν πλείων ἡ ὁρμὴ πρὸς τὴν βλάστησιν ἢ τῶν σπερμάτων· ῥιζωθῆναι γὰρ ἐκεῖνα δεῖ πρότερον.

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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/.