# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 1.9.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 1, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/1.9.3

ἁπλῶς δ᾽ ὅταν οἰκείαν χώραν λάβωσιν οἱ καρποὶ. μᾶλλον δύνανται τὰ γένη διατηρεῖν ὅταν μάλιστ᾽ εὐσθενῇ καὶ καλλικαρπῇ τὰ δένδρα. ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἐπετείοις σπέρμασι πανταχοῦ πρὸς τὴν χώραν ἡ μεταβολὴ γίνεται πλὴν οὐκ εὐθὺς σπαρέντων, ὀλίγος γὰρ ὁ ἐν τῇ γῇ χρόνος, ἀλλὰ τρίτῳ δὴ ἔτει· τότε γὰρ ἀλλοιοῦται πρὸς τὴν ἐκτελείωσιν ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ζῶα· καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα τριγονήσαντα συνεξομοιοῦται· οὐ μὴν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπίδηλόν γέ τι ποιεῖ καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ἐνιαυτός. καὶ τὰ μὲν ἐκ τῶν σπερμάτων χείρω διὰ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας.

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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/.