# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.15.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.15.4

αἴτιον δὲ ἔτι πρὸς τῷ εἰρημένῳ δι᾽ ὅτι ἡ μὲν κόλουσις κωλύσασα τὴν εἰς τὸν ὄγκον βλάστην κατέμιξε καὶ χείρω τὴν ὑγρότητα τὴν εἰς τὸν καρπὸν ἐποίησε· πλείονος δ᾽ οὔσης ἄπεπτος ὥστε μικρός. καὶ κατακοπτομένη δὲ λαμβάνει τινα ἀποπνοὴν καὶ ἀφαίρεσιν ὥσπερ καὶ ὅταν οἱ σφῆνες διακρουσθῶσιν· ἐλάττονος δὲ γινομένης καὶ αὐτὸ μᾶλλον ἰσχύον διὰ τὴν εὐσθένειαν ἐκπέττει τε μᾶλλον καὶ ἀποκαθίσταται.

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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/.