# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.15.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.15.5

ταύτης μὲν οὖν ὥσπερ ἀνασώζεται πάλιν ἡ φύσις. ἔνια δὲ ἐὰν μὴ κολουσθῇ τὸν καρπὸν οὐ πέττει καθάπερ ἡ ἄμπελος ἡ κανθάρεως καλουμένη δι᾽ ὃ καὶ κολούουσιν ἄκρον τὸν βότρυν, εἰ δὲ μὴ σήπει καὶ διαφθείρει. δῆλον οὖν ὡς ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν ὅτι ἀφαιρέσεως δεῖται τῆς ὑγρότητος. ἡ δ᾽ ἄπιος ἡ φωκὶς κολουομένη βελτίων πρὸς δένδρωσιν οὐ πρὸς εὐκαρπίαν· ἐκτρέχει γὰρ ἄγαν μὴ κολουσθεῖσα καὶ γίνεται μονόκωλος καὶ ἀσθενὴς, εἰ δὲ μὴ παραβλαστάνουσα δενδροῦται.

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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/.