# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.12.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.12.4

τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐν τῇ ἀλεεινῇ καὶ κούφῃ διὰ ταύτας τὰς αἰτίας τεράμονα τὰ δ᾽ ἐν τῇ ψυχρᾷ καὶ πιείρᾳ καὶ γλίσχρᾳ καὶ ὥσπερ κεραμίᾳ καὶ ἔτι δὲ τῇ λειμωνίᾳ καὶ ἐφύδρῳ καὶ ἑλώδει πάντ᾽ ἀτεράμονα διά τε τὸ πλῆθος καὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν τῆς τροφῆς πυκνά τε καὶ βαρέα καὶ σκληρὰ τοῦ γεώδους τε πολλοῦ καὶ τοῦ ψυχροῦ καταμιγνυμένων· ἡ γὰρ δὴ πῆξις καὶ ἡ πύκνωσις ἐκ τούτων ἐξ ὧνπερ καὶ ἡ σκληρότης. ἐν δὲ τοῖς ἑλώδεσι καὶ ἐφύδροις ἀχρεῖα τὸ ὅλον· οὐ γὰρ ἐνδιδοῖ βρεχόμενα δι᾽ ὃ καὶ καταχρῶνται πρὸς τὰς ὗς. αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐκ τῶν ἐδαφῶν αἰτίαι σχεδὸν αὗται.

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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/.