# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.1.4

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.1.4

ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς λόγος καὶ περὶ τῆς τελειώσεως τὰ ἀσθενέστερα ῥᾷον ἐκτελεώσασθαι καὶ τῷ περιέχοντι καὶ ταῖς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἀρχαῖς. ὃ καὶ περὶ ζώων ἐστίν· αἰεὶ γὰρ τὰ ἰσχυρότερα χρονιωτέρας ὡς ἐπὶ πᾶν ποιεῖται καὶ τὰς κυήσεις καὶ τὰς τροφάς. ἅμα δ᾽ τὰ μὲν αὐτοῦ τοῦ σπέρματος γεννητικὰ σώματα μικρὰ ὑπόκειται, τὰ δὲ ἐν ὄγκοις μείζοσιν οἱ καταναλίσκουσι καὶ ἀντισπῶσιν εἰς ἑαυτοὺς τὰς τροφὰς ὥστε τὰ μὲν ὀλιγόκαρπα τὰ δὲ ὅλως ἄκαρπα ποιεῖν ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων συμβαίνει τῶν ἐκπαχυνομένων καὶ εὐτροφουμένων.

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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/.