# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.5

περὶ δὲ τῆς ἐξαλλαγῆς εἰς ἕτερον γένος ὥσπερ ἐκ πυρῶν εἰς αἴρας καὶ εἰ δὴ πάλιν τῶν αἰρῶν εἰς πυροὺς καὶ τῶν ζειῶν εἰς βρόμον ἄτοπον αὐτῷ τε τῷ συμβαίνοντι καὶ τῷ ἰδίῳ· μόνα γὰρ δὴ ταῦτα μεταβάλλει τῶν σπερμάτων φυσικῶς· ὁ γὰρ ἐκ τῆς τίφης καὶ τῆς ζειᾶς πυρὸς παρασκευῇ πως καὶ τέχνῃ καθάπερ οἱ τὰ σπέρματα προβρέχοντες εἰς τὴν γλύκανσιν.

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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/.