# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.10

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.10

δεῖ γὰρ δὴ τὴν γῆν ὥσπερ τὸ θῆλυ νοῆσαι καὶ τὸ ἀνάλογον οὕτω λαμβάνειν. ὅταν οὖν ἐκ ταύτης ἡ τροφὴ πλείων γίνηται διὰ τὰς ἐπομβρίας τότε τὴν ἔκστασιν συμβαίνειν οὐ φθείρουσαν μὲν ὅλως τὴν γεννητικὴν δύναμιν ἐξαλλοιοῦσαν δ᾽ εἰς ἑτέραν. εὐζώου δὲ τῆς φύσεως οὔσης, εὐζωότερα γὰρ πολὺ τῆς τῶν ζώων, εὔλογον καὶ διαμένειν μᾶλλον ταύτην. ἐπεὶ καὶ ἄνευ σπερματικῆς ἀρχῆς αὐτόματα πολλὰ συνίσταται καὶ τῶν ἐλαττόνων καὶ τῶν μειζόνων φυτῶν.

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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/.