# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.4.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.4.8

αἱ μὲν οὖν ἐναντιώσεις αὗται δοκοῦσιν ἐλέγχεσθαι τοῖς ἔργοις· πολλοὶ γὰρ ὥς φασι σπείραντες πυροὺς ἢ κριθὰς ἐθέρισαν αἴρας. τὴν δὲ ἔκστασιν καὶ τὴν μεταβολὴν θείη τις ἂν ἀμφοτέρως γίνεσθαι καὶ τοῦ σπέρματος ἀλλοιουμένου καὶ τῶν ῥιζῶν· ἡ γὰρ ἐν τῇ χλόῃ μεταβολὴ δι᾽ ἐκείνας· συμφυεῖς δ᾽ οὔσας οὐκ ἄλογον συμπάσχειν. ἐπεὶ τό γε σπέρμα διαφθαρὲν οὐ φύσιμον ὅλως ἦν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ῥίζαι φθαρεῖσαι τρέφοιεν ἄν.

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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/.