# Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν 4.5.1

Theophrastus, Περὶ φυτῶν αἰτιῶν, Book 4, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theophrastus/text-2/4.5.1

Τὸ δὲ μόνα ταῦτα πάσχειν ἔτι δ᾽ ἰσχυρότατα δοκοῦντ᾽ εἶναι, καὶ γὰρ ἡ ζειὰ ἰσχυρὸν, μιᾷ τινι λύοιτ᾽ ἂν αἰτίᾳ καὶ τῇ αὐτῇ· διὰ γὰρ τὸ ἰσχυρότατα καὶ πολυρριζότατα εἶναι πλείστην ἔχοντα τροφὴν καὶ μάλιστα πάσχοντα ὑπομένει τὰ δ᾽ ἄλλα φθείρεται τελέως. ἔτι δ᾽ ἡ ὥρα καθ᾽ ἣν ὁ σπόρος ἐπομβροτέρα καὶ πλείω χρόνον ἐν τῇ γῇ γίνεται, τὰ δὲ πρὸς τὸ ἔαρ καὶ διαγελῶντος ἤδη τοῦ ἀέρος ἐν εὐκρασίᾳ μᾶλλον καὶ εὐθὺς εἰς τὴν βλάστησιν ἡ ἀναδρομή·

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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.
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