# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.11.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.11.8

καὶ γὰρ τὰς ῥίζας ἀσθενεῖς φησιν εἶναι τῶν εὐθέων ἐξ ὧν ἀμφοτέρων γίνεσθαι τὴν φθοράν· ταχὺ γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ ἄνω διϊέναι καὶ τὸ ψύχος καὶ τὴν ἀλέαν ἐπὶ τὰς ῥίζας διὰ τὴν εὐθυπορίαν, ἀσθενεῖς δ᾽ οὔσας οὐχ ὑπομένειν. ὅλως δὲ τὰ πολλὰ τῶν τοιούτων κάτωθεν ἄρχεσθαι γηράσκειν διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῶν ῥιζῶν. ἔτι δὲ τὰ ὑπὲρ γῆς διὰ τὴν λεπτότητα καμπτόμενα ὑπὸ τῶν πνευμάτων κινεῖν τὰς ῥίζας, τούτου δὲ συμβαίνοντος ἀπορρήγνυσθαι καὶ πηροῦσθαι καὶ ἀπὸ τούτων τῷ ὅλῳ δένδρῳ γιγνεσθαι τὴν φθοράν. ἃ μὲν οὖν λέγει ταῦτά ἐστιν.

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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/.