# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.10.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.10.1

Τὴν δὲ ἄνθησιν πολυχρονιωτέραν ποιοῦνται τὰ χεδροπὰ τῶν σιτωδῶν ὅτι τῶν μὲν ἀσθενὲς τὸ ἄνθος· εἴρηται δὲ ὅτι τὰ ἀσθενέστερα πανταχοῦ θᾶττον τελεοῦται. δι᾽ ὃ καὶ βρέχεσθαι τὰ μὲν οὐ δύναται τὰ δὲ καὶ ζητεῖ καὶ ὀνίναται· τάχα δὲ τοῦτό γε κατὰ συμβεβηκὸς ὅτι τὸ ὅλον φυτὸν εὐτραφεῖ βρεχόμενον, ὁ δὲ καρπὸς δεῖται βοηθείας πρὸς τὴν τελέωσιν, μάλιστα δ᾽ ὁ κύαμος ὅτι μανότατον καὶ πολυανθέστατον καὶ πολυκαρπότατον. ὁ δὲ ἐρέβινθος ἀπόλλυται διὰ τὴν εἰρημένην αἰτίαν. ἀλλὰ περὶ μὲν τοῦ σίτου τῆς διαφθορᾶς λεκτέον.

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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/.