# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.11.2

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.11.2

τὸ δὲ μὴ ἰσοχρονίους εἶναι κοινὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν δένδρων· ἔστι γὰρ ἐν ἑκάστοις τὰ μὲν πρώϊα τὰ δ᾽ ὄψια καθάπερ ἄμπελος συκῆ μηλέα ἄπιος. αἴτιον δ᾽ ἐν ἀμφοῖν ὅτι τῆς ἰδίας φύσεως ἡ διαφορὰ τὸ δ᾽ ὄνομα κοινὸν ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ζώοις ἐπὶ τῶν κυνῶν, οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐκεῖνο τὸ γένος ἕν. ἡ δ᾽ αἰτία παραπλησία καὶ διὰ τί τὰ μὲν πρώϊα τὰ δ᾽ ὄψια. εἴτε γὰρ θερμότης εἴτε ψυχρότης εἴθ᾽ ὅτι ποτὲ καὶ ἐνταῦθ᾽ ὁμοίως τὸ αἴτιον.

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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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