# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.14.3

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.14.3

ὑπὲρ μὲν οὖν τῶν λοιπῶν ἕτεραί τινες αἰτίαι ὑπὲρ δὲ τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν ῥιζῶν μεταβολῆς ὑπὲρ ἧς τὰ νῦν ὁ λόγος ἐκεῖνο δεῖ λαβεῖν ὅτι καθάπερ ἀρχαί τινες αἱ ῥίζαι τῶν δένδρων· ἀκολουθεῖν δὲ φιλεῖ ταῖς ἀρχαῖς τὰ ἄλλα. δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν σικύων ἐλέχθη πρότερον ὅτι βρεχομένων ἐν γάλακτι τῶν σπερμάτων ἢ ἐν μελικράτῳ γλυκύτεροι γίνονται. καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἄλλων. αὗται δὲ καὶ τὴν τροφὴν πεπεμμένην μᾶλλον λαμβάνουσαι καὶ αὐταὶ μεταβάλλουσαι συμμεταβάλλειν ποιοῦσι καὶ τὸ δένδρον· ἀπὸ γὰρ τούτων ἡ διάδοσις. ἐπεὶ καὶ αἱ πολυϋδρίαι καὶ τὰ ἐδάφη καὶ αἱ κατεργασίαι περὶ ταύτας πρῶτον καὶ ἀπὸ τούτων ἀρχόμεναι τὰ ἄλλα συναλλοιοῦσι.

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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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