# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.11.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.11.7

ἐκ δυοῖν γὰρ ἢ καὶ πλειόνων ὅταν γένηταί τι δύναμιν ἐχόντων ἀνάγκη κατὰ τὰς τούτων διαφορὰς καὶ τὸ ὅλον διαφέρειν, ὃ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων συμβαίνει· καὶ γὰρ καὶ τῷ ἄρρενι καὶ τῷ θήλει καὶ τῇ χώρᾳ καὶ τῷ ἀέρι καὶ ἁπλῶς ταῖς τροφαῖς λαμβάνουσι διαφορὰς ὅθεν καὶ γενῶν ἰδιότητες γίγνονται καὶ πολλάκις τὸ παρὰ φύσιν ἐγένετο κατὰ φύσιν ὅταν χρονισθῇ καὶ λάβῃ πλῆθος. ἀλλὰ γὰρ τοῦτο καθόλου μὲν καὶ κοινόν.

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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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