# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.9.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 2, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.9.1

Τῶν δὲ δένδρων αὐτῶν ἀεὶ τὰ ἐν τοῖς ἀπνόοις καὶ παλισκίοις ὀρθὰ καὶ ἀστραβῆ καὶ λειότερα καὶ εὐμηκέστερα γίνεται τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον κἂν πυκνὰ τυγχάνῃ πεφυκότα, τὰ δ᾽ ἐν τοῖς εὐπνόοις καὶ προσηνέμοις καὶ εὐείλοις ἔτι δὲ μανὰ πεφυκότα ἧττον. ἥ τε γὰρ εἰς βάθος αὔξησις κωλύει τὸ μῆκος καὶ τὰ πνεύματα τραχύνει καὶ ὄζους ἐμποιεῖ καθάπερ ἐλέχθη διὰ τὴν ἐπίστασιν· ἐκείνοις δὲ ἀφῃρημένων τούτων ἡ εἰς τὸ μῆκος αὔξησις μόνη γίνεται·

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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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