# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.10.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.10.2

αἰτιάσαιτο δ᾽ ἄν τις μάλιστα τὴν ἀσθένειαν· οὐχ ὑποφέρει γὰρ ἀλλὰ φθείρεται καὶ ἀποπίπτει καθάπερ καὶ τῶν δένδρων ἐνίων ὁτὲ μὲν οἷον ἐρυσιβούμενα ὁτὲ δὲ ἐξυγραινόμενα λίαν. εὐλόγως δὲ καὶ ἡ ἄνθησις οὐχ ἅμα πᾶσι τοῖς μέρεσι· κεχώρισται γὰρ ἐκτὸς τῶν λοβῶν καὶ διὰ τὴν εὐτροφίαν· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἤδη κύει καὶ ἀνθεῖ τὰ δ᾽ ἄνω προσαύξεται· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τὰ μὲν αὖα καὶ τέλεια καίπερ ἐγγυτάτω τῆς τροφῆς ὄντα τὰ δ᾽ ἐπὶ τῶν ἄκρων χλωρά·

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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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