# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.14.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.14.4

πάντων δ᾽ ἐπικηρότατον ὁ πίσος· πρὸς μὲν τὰς ἐρυσίβας ὅτι πολύφυλλον καὶ χαμαισχιδὲς καὶ εὐαυξές· συμπληροῖ γὰρ τὸν τόπον κἂν ἀραιὸς ᾖ· πρὸς δὲ τὰ ψύχη καὶ τοὺς πάγους ὅτι ἀσθενόρριζον. σκωληκοῦται δὲ μάλιστ᾽ ἢ μόνα πυρὸς καὶ ἐρέβινθος, οὐκ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς δὲ ἑκάτερος, ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἐν τῷ καρπῷ ὁ δὲ ἐν ταῖς ῥίζαις, ἄμφω δὲ διὰ γλυκύτητα. ὁ μὲν ἐρέβινθος ὅταν ἡ ἅλμη περιπλυθῇ καθάπερ εἴρηται, ὁ δὲ πυρὸς ὅταν ἡ ῥίζα ὑγρανθῇ.

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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/.