# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.7.5

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.7.5

αἱ μὲν οὖν τῶν τόπων παραλλαγαὶ διὰ τοιαύτας τινάς εἰσιν αἰτίας ὅπου μὴ καὶ ἄλλο τι συμβαίνει κώλυμα καὶ σίνος πρὸς εὐκαρπίαν ὥσπερ περὶ Τάραντα ταῖς ἐλάαις· ἢ γὰρ ἀπνοίᾳ κατὰ τὴν ἄνθησιν ἀποκάεται τὰ πολλὰ ἢ ὅταν πνέῃ τοιοῦτόν τι πνεῖ πόντιον ὃ τῇ ἅλμῃ τῇ ἐπιφερομένῃ κατεσθίει καὶ λυμαίνεται τὰ ἄνθη. δοκεῖ δὲ καὶ ὁμίχλη τις ἄνευ πνοῆς ἐκβαίνειν ἣ ὅταν ἅψηται τῶν ἀνθῶν ἀποκάει δι᾽ ὃ καὶ μάντεις θύουσιν ὥστε μὴ ἐκβῆναι καί φασι κωλύειν. τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον καὶ εἴ τι πάλιν σωτήριον ἢ καὶ πρόσφορόν ἐστι τοῦ ἀέρος· ἐνίοτε γὰρ τῶν ἐδαφῶν ὄντων φαύλων ὁ ἀὴρ ἐκτρέφει τῇ εὐκρασίᾳ καθάπερ ἐλέχθη καὶ τοῖς οἰκείοις πνεύμασιν.

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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/.