# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.18.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.18.4

οὐ χαλεπὸν δ᾽ ἴσως οὐδὲ ἐν ἄλλοις καὶ πλείοσι λαβεῖν τὰς βλάβας· πολλῷ γὰρ πλείους εἰσὶ τῶν ὠφελίμων ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖς ζώοις· ἐπεὶ καὶ ταῖς ὀσμαῖς ἔνια βλάπτεται καθάπερ ἡ ἄμπελος τῇ τῆς δάφνης καὶ τῇ τῆς ῥαφάνου καὶ τοῦτο εὐθὺς ἐκδηλοῖ κατὰ τὴν βλάστησιν. ὅταν γὰρ πλησίον ᾖ τῆς ῥαφάνου καὶ τῆς δάφνης ὁ βλαστὸς ἀποστρέφεται τὸ ἄκρον αὐτοῦ καὶ ὥσπερ ἀνακάμπτει διὰ δριμύτητα τῆς ὀσμῆς· ὀσφραντικὸν γὰρ ἡ ἄμπελος ὥσπερ καὶ ὁ οἶνος δεινὸς ἑλκύσαι τὰς ἐκ τῶν προκειμένων ὀσμὰς καὶ μᾶλλον καὶ θᾶττον ὁ κατεσταμνισμένος διὰ τὴν ὀλιγότητα καὶ τὸ γυμνόν. ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν τοιοῦτον γένος ῥᾴδιον ἐν πολλοῖς ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη συνιδεῖν.

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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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