# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.17.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.17.7

ἀλλὰ μὴν εἴ γε ἰσχυρὰ καὶ μὴ ἀσθενῆ διὰ τί ποτ᾽ οὐ βλαστάνει καθ᾽ αὑτὰ καὶ φύεται· διαβιάσασθαι γὰρ τὴν γῆν τῶν ἰσχυόντων ἐστὶ ὅπερ ποιεῖ καὶ ὁ θέρμος. εἰ δ᾽ αὖ ψυχρὸν ἔχει τὸ σπέρμα καὶ δύσπεπτον ἀλλὰ χρονιωτέραν ἐχρῆν εἶναι τὴν ἔκφυσιν ὥσπερ καὶ ἑτέρων. ἐπεὶ καὶ τῶν τευτλίων ἔνιά φασι τῷ ὕστερον ἔτει διαφύεσθαι καὶ διαβλαστάνειν· οὐδὲ γὰρ οὐδὲ ταύτῃ κίνδυνος ὥστε σαπῆναι· διαμένον γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο φαίνεται καὶ ἕτερα πολλῷ τούτων ἀσθενέστερα. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν οὐ λύει τὴν ἀπορίαν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιξυνδεῖ μᾶλλον.

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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/.