# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.11.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.11.3

καὶ καθόλον μὲν οὕτω. τοῖς δὲ σπέρμασι καὶ ἐμφανέστερον ἐκ τῶν συμβαινόντων τὸ αἴτιον. ὁ μὲν γὰρ χειμοσπορούμενος πυρὸς πολύρριζος ὢν καὶ ἐνταῦθα πρῶτον ἀποδοὺς τὴν δύναμιν ἀποδίδωσι πλῆθος καλάμου, καὶ γὰρ πολυκάλαμος. ὁ δὲ τρίμηνος καὶ δίμηνος ὀλιγόρριζος καὶ ὀλιγοκάλαμος δι᾽ ὅτι τήν τε ἀναφορὰν εὐθὺς ἄνω ποιεῖται καὶ τὴν τελείωσιν ταχεῖαν, ῥᾷον γὰρ τὸ ἔλαττον ἀποτελεῖσθαι· δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ὁ μὲν πολύχους ὁ δ᾽ ὀλιγόχους καὶ κοῦφος. ὁ δὲ βαρὺς ὥσπερ ἐλέχθη πλείω τὴν τροφὴν ἕλκων καὶ θολερωτέραν ἡ δ᾽ ἀναδρομὴ ταχεῖα κατὰ λόγον ἅτε καὶ μὴ χρονίζοντος ἐν ταῖς ῥίζαις δι᾽ ὀλιγότητα.

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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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