# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.8.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.8.2

ὅσα δὲ κατὰ τὰς ἰδίας φύσεις ὡς ἂν γένος πρὸς γένος συγκρίνων λάβοι τις, πότερα κατὰ τὰς εὐθύτητας τῶν πόρων ληπτέον, ὥσπερ Δημόκριτος· εὔρους γὰρ ἡ φορὰ καὶ ἀνεμπόδιστος ὥς φησιν· ἢ μᾶλλον ὅσα μανότερα καὶ ὑγρότερα; τὰ μὲν γὰρ πυκνὰ καὶ ξηρὰ δυσαύξητα· πᾶν γὰρ ἔμπυρον τὸ πυκνὸν καὶ ξηρὸν καὶ πικρὸν ὥστε βραδεῖαν εἶναι τὴν ἐπίδοσιν· θατέρου δ᾽ ἐν ὀλίγῳ πολλὴ διὰ τὴν μανότητα· καὶ ὅλως ἡ μανότης εὔβλαστόν τι καὶ εὔτροφον.

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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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