# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.1.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.1.6

ἐνταῦθα δὲ ἐὰν μὴ καθ᾽ ὥραν ἔτους αἱ βλαστήσεις ὦσιν ἀλλὰ προεκδραμῶσιν δι᾽ εὐτροφίαν καὶ ἄνεσιν τοῦ ἀέρος ἐπιγινόμενα ψύχη διελυμήνατο καὶ ἀπέκαυσεν δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὀπισθοχειμῶνες χαλεποὶ τοῖς δένδροις· ὅταν γὰρ ἅπαξ ἐκτέκωσιν εὐθὺς οἱ καρποὶ μαλακοῦ τινος ἀέρος δέονται καὶ εὐμενοῦς εἰς τὴν ἐκτροφὴν καὶ μάλιστ᾽ ἐν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς· τότε γὰρ ἀσθενέστατοι, τὸ δὲ ἀσθενὲς οἷον τιθηνήσεως δεῖται· καὶ γὰρ ὅλως πᾶσα μεταβολὴ καὶ γένεσις δεῖται τῆς τοιαύτης εὐκρασίας.

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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/.