# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.15.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.15.2

ἔνια δὲ καὶ βελτίω κολουόμενά φασι γίνεσθαι καθάπερ οἱ Χῖοι τὴν ἄπιον τὴν φωκίδα. τὸ μὲν οὖν ἰσχυρὸν τῆς ἀμυγδαλῆς οὐκ ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ λαμβάνεται. δενδρωθεῖσα μὲν γὰρ ἰσχυρὰ φυομένη δὲ ἀσθενὴς ἄλλως τε καὶ ἀπὸ σπέρματος. ἐπεὶ καὶ μὴ κολουσθεῖσαι πικραὶ γίνονται καὶ σκληραὶ καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς πρότερον ἐλέχθη. πᾶν γὰρ ὅλως ἀπὸ σπέρματος ἐξαλλοιοῦται πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον· κινηθείσης δὲ τῆς φυσικῆς ὁρμῆς εἰκὸς ἔτι μᾶλλον, οἷον γὰρ ἄλλη καὶ ἀσθενεστέρα γέγονεν. ἐπεὶ καὶ τὰ ἑψόμενα κωλύεται μὴ ἐν καιρῷ κινούμενα καὶ ἡ γῆ δυσδιάτηκτος ἡ βρεχομένη· ὃ δὲ ἐν ἀρχῇ μέγα καὶ διατενὲς πρὸς τὴν τελείωσιν.

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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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