# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.12.10

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.12.10

ἐν ἑτέροις δὲ καὶ δι᾽ ἄλλα τῆς δυνάμεως οὔσης οὐκ ἄλογον τὸ μὲν ὑπάρχειν τὸ δὲ μή. τό τε γὰρ ἀβλαστὲς καὶ ἄγονον ἢ καὶ δυσαυξὲς ὅταν κακωθῇ πρὸς τὴν γέννησιν οὐκ ἄλογον. οὐδ᾽ ἐξ ἀτεραμόνων τεράμονα γίνεσθαι σπαρέντα πάλιν· ὑπὸ γὰρ τῶν αὐτῶν ἐναντίως διατιθεμένων ὥσπερ εἴπομεν οὐκ ἄλογος ἡ τεραμότης. ὥστ᾽ εἰ ὁ ἀὴρ καὶ τὰ ὕδατα καὶ τὰ ἐδάφη τοιαῦτα τί κωλύει καὶ τὰ σπέρματα μεταβάλλειν.

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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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