# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 2.9.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/2.9.5

τῶν δὲ συκῶν καὶ τῶν φοινίκων οὐκ ἐν τούτοις ἐστὶ μόνον ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτῶν διαστάσει· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἐρινάζουσι τὰς συκᾶς· τοῦτο δὲ ποιοῦσιν ὅπως οἱ ψῆνες οἱ ἐκ τῶν ἐρινῶν τῶν ἐπικρεμαννυμένων γινόμενοι διοίγωσι τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς συκῆς· ἡ μὲν γὰρ γένεσις ἐξ ἐκείνων· ζητοῦντες δὲ τὴν ὁμοίαν τροφὴν ἐκπέτονται καὶ προσίπτανται τοῖς ἐπὶ τῆς συκῆς ἐρινοῖς. συμβαίνει δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν μὴ ἐριναζομένων ὅταν πλησίον τῶν συκῶν ἐρινεοὶ ὦσιν, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ παραφυτεύουσι ταῖς συκαῖς ἐρινεοὺς ἐπὶ τῶν ἄκρων ὅπως κατ᾽ ἄνεμον ἡ πτῆσις οὐρία γίνηται, ταῖς μὲν πρωΐαις πρωΐους ταῖς δ᾽ ὀψίαις ὀψίους ταῖς δὲ μέσαις μέσους ἵνα κατὰ τὴν οἰκείαν ὥραν ἑκάστοις ὁ ἐρινασμὸς ᾖ.

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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/.