# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.13.7

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.13.7

ταὐτὸ δὲ τοῦτο συμβαίνει καὶ ὅταν εἰς τὰ οἰκία τεθῇ χύδην, δι᾽ ὃ καὶ τὸ ἐπίμετρον ποιεῖ· τὸν γὰρ ἀτμὸν τὸν ἀνιόντα λεπτὸν ὄντα δέχεται καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἰς βάθος καταβάλλουσιν ὅπως πλέον ἀνίῃ· πάντα δὲ ταῦτα διασημαίνει καὶ ἔτι πρὸς τούτοις ἡ ἐμβαλλομένη γῆ καὶ ἄκοπον παρέχουσα καὶ ἀνοιδίσκουσα ὅτι δύναταί τινα δι᾽ αὑτῶν ἕλκειν τροφὴν ἄνευ τῶν ῥιζῶν, ὅθεν καὶ ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πνευμάτων καὶ τοῦ ἀέρος οὐκ ἄλογος.

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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/.