# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.2.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.2.2

χείριστα δὲ καὶ παρακαιρότατα τὰ περὶ τὰς ἀνθήσεις ἑκάστων. ἅπαντα γὰρ ἀσθενῆ καὶ πάνθ᾽ ὡς εἰπεῖν ἢ τά γε πλεῖστα ἀπόλλυται καὶ ἀποπίπτει τὰ μὲν ἐρυσιβούμενα τὰ δὲ ὑγραινόμενα τὰ δὲ ἐπιμένοντα χεῖρον ἀνθεῖ. καὶ τοῦτ᾽ οὐχ ἧττόν ἐστιν ἐν τοῖς φρυγανικοῖς καὶ τοῖς ποιώδεσι πλὴν εἴ τινων ὀλίγων οἷον τὰ στεφανωτικὰ καὶ ὅλως τὰ ἄγρια καὶ αὐτόματα τῶν ἀνθῶν ἔτι δὲ τῶν ποιωδῶν ἔνια καὶ τῶν ἡμέρων σπερμάτων τὰ χεδροπά· ταῦτα δὲ διαμένει δυοῖν θάτερον ἢ δι᾽ ἰσχὺν ἑαυτῶν τε καὶ τῶν προσφύσεων καθάπερ καὶ τὸ ῥόδον καὶ τὸ κρίνον καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὅσα τούτοις ὅμοια ἢ διὰ ξηρότητα τῆς ὅλης φύσεως ἀναλαμβανόντων τὸ ὑγρόν· ἐπικρατεῖ γὰρ οὕτω τὸ δ᾽ ἐπικρατοῦν ἀπαθές.

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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/.