# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.2

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.2

ἐκεῖνο δὲ ἀτοπώτατον εἰ τελεούμενα γένους τινὸς ἄγονα γίνεται τὸ ὅλον καίτοι ἀπὸ σπέρματος γινομένου τοῦ δένδρου καθάπερ ἐπὶ τῆς κυπαρίττου. τὸ γὰρ ἄρρεν γένος ὅλως ἄγονον πολλὰ δὲ καὶ τῶν θηλειῶν. ἐπεὶ τό γε μὴ καρποφορεῖν ἔνια τῶν ὁμογενῶν ἧττον ἄτοπον. καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τῶν σπερμάτων αὖ τὸ πηρωθὲν ἄγονον, ἀλλ᾽ ἴσως τοῦτό γε καὶ ἀναγκαῖον. τὸ δὲ μηδὲν ὅλως γόνιμον ὥσπερ ἐλέγχει τὴν φύσιν ὅτι ποιεῖ μάτην, ὃ καὶ ἡμῖν ὑπεναντίον πρὸς τὰ πρότερον.

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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/.