# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.12

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.12

ἐκ μὲν οὖν τούτων δόξειεν ἂν τοῖς σπέρμασιν. οὐ μὴν οὐδὲ θάτερον ἀδύνατον οὐδ᾽ ἄλογον ὥστε ἐν τῇ χλόῃ μεταβάλλειν ἀλλοιουμένων τῶν ῥιζῶν· τοῦτο γὰρ ἀνάγκη συμβαίνειν εἴπερ ἅπαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς ἑτέρας ἕτερον. φαίνεται δὲ τοῦτο καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἑτέρων συμβαίνειν ὥσπερ τῶν δένδρων ὅσα μεταβάλλει ταῖς θεραπείαις τοὺς καρποὺς ἐξ ὀξέων καὶ πικρῶν εἰς γλυκεῖς καὶ ποτίμους ἢ ἐκ πολυπυρήνων εἰς ἀπυρήνους.

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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/.