# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.11.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.11.9

τὸ γὰρ μὴ ἰσοχρονεῖν τὰ σπέρματα καθάπερ καὶ τὰ ζῶα παρὰ πᾶσιν ὁποιασοῦν οὔσης τῆς χώρας οὐδὲν ἄτοπον. ἐκεῖνα μὲν γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἔχει τὰς ἀρχὰς τὰς κυριωτάτας τὸ δὲ σπέρμα καὶ ὅλως τὸ φυτὸν ἐν τῷ ἀέρι μᾶλλον. εἰ δὲ μὴ τήν γε πρὸς βλάστησιν καὶ ὅλως γένεσιν καὶ διαφθοράν. διόπερ οἷον ἂν ᾖ τὸ ἔτος ἀκολουθεῖ καὶ τὰ τῶν καρπῶν ἔν τε τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ ἐν τῇ πρωϊότητι καὶ ὀψιότητι.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0093.tlg002.local001/.