# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.16.6

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.16.6

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων τοῦτο συμβαίνει καθάπερ φασὶν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρνίθων καὶ χρώμασι καὶ σχήμασι καὶ δυνάμεσι καὶ τοῦτο καθ᾽ ἕκαστον ἐνιαυτὸν οὐκ ἐν πλήθει χρόνου πλείονι κἂν θαυμάσειεν ἄν τις μᾶλλον· εἰ μή τι συμβαίνει καὶ ἐνταῦθα τοιοῦτον· ἀτακτοτέραν γὰρ καὶ μᾶλλον ξυγκεχυμένην εἰκὸς ταύτην εἶναι τὴν φύσιν, τάχα δ᾽ ἰσχυροτέραν δι᾽ ὃ καὶ μεταβάλλειν οὔτε χρώμασιν οὔτε ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις φθειρομένην· καὶ τοῦτο ἐν ὀλίγοις ὥστε εἰς ἄλλο γε μεταλλάττεσθαι φυτόν.

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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/.