# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.11.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.11.1

Εὐλόγως δὲ καὶ μακροβιώτερα τὰ ἄκαρπα τῶν καρπίμων καὶ τὰ ὀλιγόκαρπα τῶν πολυκάρπων ὅσα μὴ δι᾽ ἀσθένειαν ἢ ὑγρότητα ἢ δι᾽ ἄλλην τινὰ αἰτίαν ἄκαρπα ἢ ὀλιγόκαρπα καθάπερ τά τε πάρυδρα καὶ ἀλσώδη καὶ ὅσα μανὰ καὶ εὔσηπτα καθάπερ ἡ δάφνη· ταῦτα μὲν γὰρ καὶ εἴ τι τοιοῦτον ἄλλο διὰ τὰς εἰρημένας αἰτίας. ἡ δὲ καρποτοκία πολὺ τῆς φύσεως ἀφαιρεῖ καὶ τὸ κυριώτατον ὅπερ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων συμβαίνει· τὰ γὰρ πολυτοκώτατα καὶ γηράσκει τάχιστα καὶ ἀπόλλυται. φανερὸν δὲ ἀμέλει καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν ἐστι τῶν δένδρων· ὅσα γὰρ πολυφόρα καὶ πολύκαρπα ταῦτα καὶ ὅλως καταγηρᾷ θᾶττον καὶ ἐν τοῖς ὁμογενέσιν οἷον ἀμπέλοις συκαῖς τοῖς τ᾽ ἄλλοις, τὰ δὲ στέριφα καὶ ὀλιγόκαρπα χρονιώτερα ὡς εἰπεῖν.

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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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