# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.10.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.10.3

μόνα δὲ ἢ μάλιστα τῶν πολυκάρπων αὔξησιν λαμβάνει μεγέθους ἄμπελος καὶ συκῆ· δύναται γὰρ ἡ μὲν ἐφ᾽ ὁσονοῦν ἐφικνεῖσθαι κληματουμένη καὶ ἔδαφος εὔγειον ἔχουσα καὶ εὔτροφον, ἡ δὲ καὶ εἰς ὕψος αἴρεσθαι καὶ πολύκλαδος γινομένη πολὺν καταλαμβάνειν τόπον.

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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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