# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.8.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.8.4

σχεδὸν δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις γίνεταί τις τοιαύτη μεταβολὴ τῶν μὲν ἐπ᾽ ἔλαττον τῶν δ᾽ ἐπὶ πλεῖον, ἔνια δ᾽ ἐναντίως. καὶ γὰρ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν τῶν δένδρων ἐν τόποις θερμοῖς καὶ οἰκείοις ἀπέπαντα μὴ ἐπικνισθέντα καὶ ἐπαλειφθέντα ἐλαίῳ καθάπερ καὶ πρότερον ἐλέχθη διὰ τὴν εὐτροφίαν, ὥσπερ καὶ τὰ ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ συκάμινα, τοῦτο δὲ παθόντα καὶ ἀπέρασίν τινα ἔλαβεν ὑγροῦ καὶ πνεύματος καὶ τὸ θερμὸν εἰσδέχεται. τῶν δὲ λαχανωδῶν ἔνια καὶ τὸ ὅλον ἀπέπαντα καὶ ἀμετάβλητα καθάπερ ἡ κολοκύνθη. πέψεως μὲν οὖν καὶ ἀπεψίας καὶ ἁπλῶς τῶν γινομένων μεταβολῶν ἐν τούτοις αἱ αἰτίαι.

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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/.