# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.11

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.11

ὅθεν καὶ τοῦτο ἂν εἴη φανερὸν εἴ τις ἀκολουθήσει τῇ ἀναλογίᾳ δι᾽ ὅτι τῇ τῶν σπερμάτων ἀλλοιώσει καὶ οὐ τῇ τῆς χλόης μεταβολῇ· καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῶν ζώων οὕτω γίνεται. καὶ ἅμα δὴ τότε ἀσθενέστατον ὅταν ἐν μεταβολῇ τυγχάνῃ τῇ κατὰ τὴν βλάστησιν, ἤδη δ᾽ ἐκβεβλαστηκὸς καὶ ἐρριζωμένον ὥσπερ γέγονε. τούτου δὲ καὶ μείωσις εἰς αὔξησιν καὶ τροφὴν ἢ καὶ τὴν ὅλην φθορὰν οὐκ εἰς μεταβολήν. ἔτι δὲ καί φασιν οἱ ἔμπειροι φανερὸν εὐθὺς εἶναι τὸ φύλλον ἀνατέλλον τῆς αἴρας λιπαρώτερον ὂν καὶ ποιωδέστερον καὶ στενότερον καὶ οὐχ ὕστερον τοιοῦτον γινόμενον.

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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/.