# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.5.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.5.5

καὶ τὰ μὲν ἁλυκὰ τοῖς τοιούτοις πρόσφορα διὰ τὴν εἰρημένην αἰτίαν. εἰ δ᾽ ἀληθὲς ὃ ἔλεγεν Ἀνδροσθένης ὑπὲρ τῶν ἐν Τύλῳ τῇ νήσῳ τῇ περὶ τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θάλατταν ὅτι τὰ ναματιαῖα μᾶλλον συμφέρει τῶν οὐρανίων ἁλυκὰ ὄντα καὶ τοῖς δένδροις καὶ πᾶσι τοῖς ἄλλοις, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὅταν ὕσῃ τούτοις ἀποβρέχειν, αἰτιάσαιτ᾽ ἄν τις τὴν συνήθειαν· τὸ γὰρ ἔθος ὥσπερ φύσις γέγονε. συμβαίνει δὲ τὰ μὲν οὐράνια σπάνια γίνεσθαι τούτοις δ᾽ ἐκτρέφεσθαι καὶ τὰ δένδρα καὶ τὸν σῖτον καὶ τἆλλα δι᾽ ὃ καὶ πᾶσαν ὥραν σπείρουσι. ταῦτα μὲν οὖν ὡς ἐξ ὑποθέσεως εἰρήσθω.

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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/.