# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.16.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.16.4

θαυμάζεται δ᾽ εἰ ξηρὸς ὢν τρέφει· τὸ δ᾽ αἴτιον ἴσως ἐκ πλειόνων ἂν εἴη καὶ τῷ κινουμένης τῆς γῆς ἀναδίδοσθαι τροφὴν ἐνίκμου τινὸς ἀέρος ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀτμωδῶν ἐλέχθη καὶ τῷ προβολὴν ἅμα πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον εἶναι· καὶ ἔτι καταξηραινόμενος ἁπαλῇ ξηρότητι καὶ μαλακῇ μᾶλλον ἐπισπᾶται τὴν τροφὴν ἐκτοῦ ἀέρος· πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα συνεργεῖ καὶ πρὸς εὐτροφίαν καὶ πέψιν. ἡ δὲ τῶν σικύων κατάκρυψις οὐκ ἄλογος· ἀναξηραίνων γὰρ ὁ ἥλιος σκληρύνει δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὑπὸ τὰ φύλλα κρύπτουσιν ὥστε ἐπιβολὴν ἔχοντες καὶ βρεχόμενοι ἀμφοτέρως εὐτραφεῖς γίνονται καὶ ἁπαλοί. καὶ περὶ μὲν ἀμπέλων ἱκανῶς εἰρήσθω.

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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/.