# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.7

ἡ δὲ διαφθορὰ καὶ ἡ μεταβολὴ δυοῖν θάτερον ἢ ἐν τοῖς σπέρμασιν ἢ ἐν τῇ χλόῃ. σπέρματος μὲν οὖν γαλάκτωσις, σῆψις, ὅλως διάχυσις ὧν οὐδὲν φύσιμον. ἡ δὲ χλόη ῥιζωθέντων ἤδη, τὰς δὲ ῥίζας μεταβάλλειν ἄτοπον. ὅθεν δὴ τοῖς τοιούτοις παραπεπεισμένοι τινὲς ὡς ἀλόγοις ὅλως οὐδὲ γίνεσθαί φασιν τὴν ἔκστασιν ἀλλ᾽ ἐπομβρίαις φύεσθαι καὶ συνίστασθαι τὴν αἶραν ὃ καὶ καθ᾽ αὑτὴν φαίνεται ποιοῦσα μὴ σπαρέντων πυρῶν ἢ κριθῶν ἐν ταῖς ἐπομβροτάταις χώραις.

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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/.