# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.9.15

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.9.15

ἀλλὰ γὰρ αὕτη μὲν ἰδιότης ἄν τις εἴη πρὸς τὰ ἄλλα. τὸ δὲ ἐπὶ τῶν φοινίκων συμβαῖνον οὐ ταὐτὸν μὲν ἔχει δέ τινα ὁμοιότητα τούτῳ δι᾽ ὃ καλοῦσιν ὀλυνθάζειν αὐτούς· τὸ γὰρ ἀπὸ τῆς ἄρρενος ἄνθος καὶ ὁ κονιορτὸς καὶ χνοῦς συγκαταπαττόμενος ποιοῦσί τινα τῇ θερμότητι καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ δυνάμει ξηρότητα καὶ εὔπνοιαν· διὰ τούτων δὲ ἡ ἐπιμονή· φαίνεται δὲ τρόπον τινὰ ὅμοιον τούτῳ καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν ἰχθύων συμβαῖνον ὅταν ὁ ἄρρην ἐπιρραίνῃ τοῖς ὠοῖς ἀποτικτομένοις τὸν θορόν. ἀλλὰ τὰς μὲν ὁμοιότητας καὶ ἐκ τῶν ἀπηρτημένων ἐστὶ λαμβάνειν.

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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/.