# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.17.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.17.4

ἐπεὶ τό γε ἐμφύεσθαι καὶ ἐν δένδροις καὶ ἐν φυτοῖς ἑτέροις τὸ καὶ ἐν τῇ γῇ φυόμενον οὐκ ἄτοπον ἄλλως τε καὶ γινόμενον ὥσπερ ὁ κιττὸς ἐν πολλοῖς. ἔτι γὰρ τοῦτο παραδοξότερον ὅτι καὶ ἐν ἐλάφου κέρασιν ὦπται καὶ ἡ τέρμινθος δὲ ἐν ἐλάᾳ καὶ τὸ πολυπόδιον καλούμενον ἐπί τισι δένδροις καὶ ὅσα δὴ σπανιώτερα καὶ τερατωδέστερα φαίνεται, καθάπερ ἡ δάφνη ποτὲ ἐν πλατάνῳ καὶ ἐν δρυῒ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὅσα ὡς τέρατα προφαίνουσιν. ὅταν γὰρ εἰς γεῶδες γεγενημένον διὰ σῆψιν ἐμπέσῃ τὸ σπέρμα διεβλάστησεν εἶτα ζῇ τὴν τροφὴν τὴν ἐκ τοῦ δένδρου λαμβάνον, ὃ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ κιττοῦ τοῦ περὶ τὰ κέρατα βλαστοῦντος εἴπερ ἦν οὐκ ἄλογον.

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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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