# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.3.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.3.2

οὐ μὴν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπείπερ αἱ παραλλαγαὶ καὶ τῆς χώρας ποιοῦσι τὰς δυνάμεις καὶ δεῖ τοῦ μὲν χειμῶνος εἶναι θερμὰ τοῦ δὲ θέρους ψυχρά· βοηθεῖ γὰρ οὕτως ἑκάτερα πρὸς τὰς ὥρας ὥσπερ εἴπομεν, ἐὰν δὲ ὅμοια βλάπτει, ποιεῖ γὰρ ὑπερβολήν. εὔλογον δὴ μὴ τὰ αὐτὰ πᾶσιν εὔτροφα καὶ ὠφέλιμα καὶ βλαβερὰ γίνεσθαι· δι᾽ ὃ τοῖς μὲν ὁ νότος ἐπισινὴς τοῖς δ᾽ ὠφέλιμος, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ὁ ζέφυρος καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἕκαστος. ἅπασι δὲ χαλεπὰ καθάπερ εἴρηται τὰ κατὰ τὴν βλάστησιν εὐθὺς ἢ θερμὰ λίαν ἢ ψυχρὰ πνέοντα· διαφθείρει γὰρ ἄμφω διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειαν.

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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/.