# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.14.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.14.2

τῶν δ᾽ ὀσπρίων μάλιστα ἐρυσιβᾷ κύαμος καὶ διὰ τὸ πολύφυλλος εἶναι πολλαχόθεν καὶ διὰ τὸ πυκνοσπορεῖσθαι καὶ διὰ τὸ τὴν ὑγρότητα μάλισθ᾽ ἕλκειν εἰς ἑαυτὸν διὰ τὴν μάνωσιν καὶ ἔτι διὰ τὸ πρὸς τῇ γῇ μάλιστα τὸν καρπὸν ἔχειν· σήπεται γὰρ μάλιστα τὰ κάτω διὰ τὴν ἄπνοιαν. καὶ ὅλως δὲ τῶν χεδροπῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα.

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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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