# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.11.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.11.5

τάχα δὲ καὶ τὰ γένη ποιοῦσιν αἱ χῶραι ἤτοι πάντα ἢ ἔνια· συνεξομοιοῦσι γάρ πως ἑαυταῖς ἢ διαφορὰν γενῶν ἐμποιοῦσιν καὶ πρὸς τὸ χρήσιμον, ὥσπερ τῷ θρᾳκίῳ πυρῷ τὸ πολύλοπον εἶναι καὶ ὀψιβλαστῆ· διὰ τοὺς γὰρ χειμῶνας ἄμφω συμβαίνει. καὶ διὰ ταῦτα καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἄλλαις πρωϊσπορούμενος ὁ θρᾴκιος ὀψὲ διαβλαστάνει καὶ ἐξαύξεται καὶ πάλιν ὁ παρὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐκεῖ σπειρόμενος ὀψὲ βλαστάνει· γέγονε γὰρ οἷον φύσις ἤδη τὸ ἔθος.

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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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