# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.17.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.17.1

Θαυμασιώτατον δ᾽ ἂν δόξειε καὶ ὅλως ἄτοπόν τι καὶ παράδοξον εἶναι τὸ ἔνια μὴ δύνασθαι βλαστάνειν ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ σπέρματα καὶ φυτὰ καθάπερ ἡ ἰξία καὶ ἡ στελὶς καὶ τὸ ὑφέαρ, ὧν τὴν μὲν καλοῦσιν Εὐβοεῖς τὸ δὲ ὑφέαρ Ἀρκάδες, ἡ δὲ ἰξία κοινή· φασὶν οὖν οἱ μὲν εἶναι πάντα μίαν τινὰ φύσιν τῷ δὲ ἐν ἑτέροις φύεσθαι διαφέρειν δοκεῖν. τὸ γὰρ ὑφέαρ ἐν ταῖς ἐλάταις καὶ πεύκαις γίνεται καὶ ἡ στελὶς ἡ δ᾽ ἰξία καὶ ἐν δρυῒ καὶ ἐν τερμίνθῳ καὶ ἐν ἑτέροις πλείοσιν.

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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/.