# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.5.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.5.1

Τὰς δὲ τῶν ὑδάτων διαφορὰς τῶν ἐπιγείων, καὶ γὰρ ταῦτα οὐ μικρὰν ἔχει μερίδα πρὸς αὔξησιν καὶ τροφὴν, ὁμοίως τούτοις ληπτέον. ὅσα μὲν οὖν ἁλμυρὰ καὶ νιτρώδη καὶ στυπτηριώδη καὶ εἴ τις ἄλλος τοιοῦτος χυλὸς ἄτροφα καὶ ἄγονα φυτῶν ὡς ἁπλῶς ἐστιν εἰπεῖν· πλὴν εἴ τι συγγενὲς αὐτοῖς ἐκτρέφειν δύναται καθάπερ καὶ ἡ θάλαττα· βραχὺ δέ τι τοῦτο ἢ οὐδὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν ἐστιν· ἐνιαχοῦ δὲ ποτίμων παραμιγέντων ἡ ἐκτροφὴ καθάπερ τοῖς ἐν Θρᾴκῃ θέρμοις, καθ᾽ αὑτὰ δὲ ὥσπερ καὶ ζώων καὶ φυτῶν ἄγονα.

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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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