# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.15.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.15.1

Τῆς δ᾽ εἰς τὸ χεῖρον μεταβολῆς δῆλον ὡς ἐναντίαι αἱ αἰτίαι καὶ ἐμφανεστάτη γε καὶ κοινοτάτη πᾶσιν ἀγεωργησία· πάντα γὰρ ὡς εἰπεῖν ἀπαγριοῦται. ἐνίοτε δὲ καὶ οἱονεὶ πηρώσει τινὶ μεταβάλλουσιν εἰς τὸ χεῖρον κολουόμενα κατὰ τὴν πρώτην γένεσιν τὰ φυτὰ καθάπερ ἡ ἀμυγδαλῆ· πικρὰ γὰρ ἐκ γλυκείας γίνεται καὶ ἐκ μαλακῆς σκληρά· τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπίδηλα μεταβάλλοντα. καίτοι τά γε τῆς ἀμπέλου φυτὰ καὶ ἀπόλλυται πονοῦντα· τὰ δὲ μᾶλλον καὶ μεταβάλλειν εἰκὸς μᾶλλον ἦν. τῇ γὰρ ἀμυγδαλῇ καὶ τὸ ὅλον φαίνεται παράλογον· ἰσχυρότερον γὰρ τὸ δένδρον.

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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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