# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.14.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.14.1

Τὸ δὲ τῆς ἐρυσίβης κοινὸν οὐχ ἧττον ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἅπτεται τῶν σιτωδῶν, κριθῆς δὲ μᾶλλον ἢ πυροῦ διά τε τὸ γυμνοτέραν εἶναι τὸν δ᾽ ἐν χιτῶσι πλείοσι καὶ διὰ τὸ ἐγγυτέρω τοῦ στάχυος ἔχειν τὸ φύλλον ὅθεν ἡ ἀπόχυσις ἐν ᾧ μένει καὶ ἡ ὑγρότης ὥστε σαπεῖσα μᾶλλον ἅπτεται· καὶ ἔτι τὸν στάχυν ὀρθὸν εἶναι καὶ πυκνότερον· ἀπορρεῖ γὰρ ἧττον δι᾽ ὃ καὶ ἐπικύπτειν ξυμφέρει· καὶ ἀπολλύει τὸ συνεχὲς θᾶττον, ἐν δὲ τῷ μανῷ πρὸς τοῖς ἄλλοις καὶ διεκπίπτει ἡ ὑγρότης. ἡ δ᾽ αὐτὴ αἰτία καὶ τῇ λευκῇ πρὸς τὰς ἄλλας, ἅπαντα γὰρ μάλιστα ἔχει τῶν ἄλλων.

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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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