# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.17.10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.17.10

ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἐπισπειρομένοις ἀφῄρηται καὶ τὸ ξυμβεβηκὸς, προαιρέσει γὰρ δρῶσιν, ἀλλὰ τὸν καιρὸν δῆλον ὅτι λαμβάνουσι τῆς ἐπισπορᾶς ὅταν ὀργᾷ τὸ ὑποκείμενον ὥσπερ ἡ ἄκανθα φαίνεται περὶ τὸ ἄστρον· ἔνικμον γὰρ δεῖ καὶ εὐαφὲς εἶναι πρὸς τὴν διαβλάστησιν· τὸ δὲ ταχὺ τῆς ἐκφύσεως οὐ μόνον διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τὴν ὥραν ἀλλὰ δῆλον ὅτι καὶ διὰ τὴν ἰδίαν γίνεται φύσιν. καὶ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅλις.

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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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