# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 3.18.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 3, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/3.18.1

Τὸ δὲ μὴ ἐπιμένειν ἐπὶ τῷ θήλει φοίνικι τὸν καρπὸν ἂν μὴ τὸ τοῦ ἄρρενος ἄνθος κατασείωσι ἅμα τῷ κονιορτῷ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ, καὶ γὰρ τοῦτο λέγουσί τινες, ἴδιον μὲν παρὰ τὰ ἄλλα παρόμοιον δὲ τῷ ἐρινασμῷ τῶν συκῶν. ἐξ ὧν πρὸς τὸ τελειογονεῖν μὴ αὔταρκες εἶναι τὸ θῆλυ καὶ μάλιστα ἄν τις ἐπαγάγοι, πλὴν ἐχρῆν τοῦτο μὴ ἐφ᾽ ἑνὸς ἢ δυοῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπὶ πάντων ἢ τῶν πλείστων εἶναι· τὴν γὰρ φύσιν οὕτω κρίνομεν τοῦ γένους. ἀτοπώτατον δὲ καὶ ἐπ᾽ αὐτῶν τούτων τὸ τοῦ φοίνικος, ὁ γὰρ ἐρινασμὸς δοκεῖ φανερὰν ἔχειν τὴν αἰτίαν. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τούτων ἅλις.

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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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