# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.10.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.10.1

Τῶν δὲ ὁμογενῶν ἐν οἷς τὰ μὲν ἄκαρπα τὰ δὲ κάρπιμα τῶν ἀγρίων, ἃ δὴ θήλεα τὰ δ᾽ ἄρρενα καλοῦσιν, ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ αἰτίᾳ περιλαμβάνεται τῇ καὶ πρότερον εἰρημένῃ περὶ τῶν ἀκάρπων ὅτι διὰ πυκνότητα καὶ ἰσχὺν καὶ εὐτροφίαν ἄκαρπα γίνεται· συμβαίνει γὰρ ἅπαντα εἰς ἑαυτὰ καταναλίσκειν. ἡ δὲ καρποτοκία δεῖται μὲν τῆς φυσικῆς περιττώσεως· ἐκ ταύτης γὰρ ὁ καρπὸς ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖς ζώοις τὸ σπέρμα· τρεπομένης δ’ εἰς ἕτερον ἀεὶ καὶ ἀναλισκομένης ἀφαιρεῖται τὴν γένεσιν· ἡ γὰρ φύσις οὐ διαρκὴς εἰς ἄμφω μὴ λαμβάνουσα τὸ σύμμετρον.

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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/.